Come, Father, Son, and Holy-Ghost,
One God in Persons Three,
Bring back the heavenly blessing, lost
By all mankind, and me:
Thy favour, and thy nature too
To me, to all restore,
Forgive, and after God renew,
And keep us evermore.
Come Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God in Persons Three
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Lord bless thee and keep thee.”—[Num.] vi. 24. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 65.
Publishing: Public Domain