On me that wrestling power bestow
Which will not let th’ Almighty go,
Power to pray on, and never rest,
Till, with thy heavenly nature blest,
I know thee, Saviour, who thou art,
And bear thine image on my heart.
On me that wrestling power bestow
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “By his strength he had power with God.”—[Hosea] xii. 3. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 10 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 79.
Publishing: Public Domain