Jesus, God of peace and love

Verse 1
Jesus, God of peace and love,
Send thy blessing from above,
Take, and seal us for thine own,
Touch our hearts, and make them one.

Verse 2
By the sense of sin forgiven
Purge out all the former leaven,
Malice, guile, and proud offence,
Take the stone of stumbling hence.

Verse 3
Root up every bitter root,
Multiply the Spirit’s fruit,
Love, and joy, and quiet peace,
Meek long-suffering gentleness;

Verse 4
Strict and general temperance
Boundless pure benevolence,
Cordial firm fidelity;
ALL THE MIND which was in thee.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "For the Fruits of the Spirit." 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 194.
Publishing: Public Domain