Father, admit our lawful claim

Verse 1
Father, admit our lawful claim,
Let us that ask receive:
To us that ask in Jesus’ name
Thou shalt thy Spirit give.

Verse 2
Jesus hath spoke the faithful word
On them that ask him here,
Thou shalt, in honour of our Lord,
The Holy Ghost confer.

Verse 3
If evil we, by nature know
To give our children food,
Much more thou wilt on us bestow
The soul-sustaining good.

Verse 4
Our holy heavenly Father thou
Regard’st thy children’s prayer:
Answer, and send, O send us now
The promis’d Comforter.

Verse 5
We seek, thou knowst we seek thy face;
Let us the blessing find:
Open the door of faith and grace
To us, and all mankind.

Verse 6
Surely thou wilt, we dare believe,
For Jesus’ sake alone,
Thou wilt to us the Spirit give
Give all good gifts in one.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is more likely than not that Charles wrote it but not certain. Introduced in Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving For the Promise of the Father, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1746). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 170.
Publishing: Public Domain