Father, into thy hands receive

Verse 1
Father, into thy hands receive
An happy Spirit on the wing
Who now exults his clay to leave,
To hear the heavenly Convoy sing
Mixt with the Ministerial Quire,
Just mounting on his car of fire.

Verse 2
Fill up, and change his faith to sight,
And while the spotless Soul departs,
Shine, O Thou Everlasting Light,
To chear his old Companions hearts,
Prepare us all thy face to see,
And send the chariot next—for me!

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “For a dying Believer.” This hymn was included in a manuscript titled “Hymns of Intercession” or “MS Intercession.” This manuscript is held by the Methodist Archive and Research Centre of the John Rylands Library at The University of Manchester (accession number DDCW 6/68–70). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992), page 233.
Publishing: Public Domain