Offering up his soul in prayer,
Stephen on his God relies,
Call’d the Saviour’s death to share,
Join’d to Jesus sacrifice;
“Trusting in thy only merit,
“Thee my Lord and God I own,
“O receive my ransom’d spirit
“Take a sinner to thy throne![”]
Offering up his soul in prayer
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord, Jesus, receive my spirit.’—[Acts 7,] v. 59.” This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” 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 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). 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. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 218.
Publishing: Public Domain