Lord, of Thee we fain would learn

Lord, of thee we fain would learn
Thy heavenly Father’s will,
Give us quickness to discern,
And boldness to fulfil;
All his mind to us explain,
And all his name on us impress,
Then our souls in thee attain
The perfect righteousness.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the Lord.”—[Isa.] xi. 3. 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 384.
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