On us, Almighty Lord, bestow
The blessing which we humbly crave,
The greatness of thy mercy shew,
And magnify thy power to save;
Take all thy people’s sin away,
Its being with its guilt remove,
And thus in our behalf display
Thy whole omnipotence of love.
On us, Almighty Lord, bestow
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I beseech thee, let the power of my Lord be great.”—[Num.] xiv. 17. 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 77.
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