O that thou would’st thy servant bless
With all the blessings of thy love,
My heart inlarge, my faith increase,
Evil, and pain far off remove,
Keep by the presence of thy power,
That sin may never grieve me more.
O that Thou wouldst Thy servant bless
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and inlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me.”—I. Chron. iv. 10. 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 200.
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