Jesus, Thy feeble servant see

Verse 1
Jesus, thy feeble Servant see!
Sick is the man belov’d by Thee:
Thy Name to magnify,
To spread thy gospel-truths again,
His precious soul in life detain,
Nor suffer him to die.

Verse 2
The fervent prayer Thou oft hast heard,
Thy mighty arm in mercy bared;
Thy wonder-working power
Appear’d in all thy people’s sight,
And stopt the spirit in its flight,
Or bad the grave restore.

Verse 3
In faith we ask a fresh reprieve;
Frequent in deaths, he still shall live,
If Thou pronounce the word,
Shall spend for Thee his strength renew’d,
Witness of the all-cleansing blood,
Forerunner of his Lord.

Verse 4
The Spirit which rais’d Thee from the dead,
Be in its quickning virtue shed,
His mortal flesh to raise,
To consecrate thy human shrine,
And fill with energy divine,
The minister of grace.

Verse 5
Body, and soul at once revive,
The prayer of faith, in which we strive,
So shall we all proclaim
According to thy gracious will,
Omnipotent the sick to heal
In every age the same.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Prayer for the Revd. Mr. John Fletcher, June 30, 1776.” This hymn appears in the ca. 1786 manuscript “MS Miscellaneous Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/556, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 2). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 8 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 412.
Publishing: Public Domain