By thy Spirit’s inspiration
Bid my evil thoughts depart,
All the filth of pride and passion,
Purge out of my faithful heart:
Then I shall with joy embrace thee,
Meet to see thy face above,
Then I worthily shall praise thee,
Then I perfectly shall love.
By Thy Spirit’s inspiration
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “God gave them the Holy Ghost, purifying their hearts by faith.”—Acts xv. 8, 9. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 299.
Publishing: Public Domain