See the whole church retir’d in prayer,
In faith, and unity, and love
Expect that other Comforter
To bring his kingdom from above,
Of Christ the Lord to testify,
His precious promises to seal,
His words bring back, his blood apply,
And all the depths of God reveal.
See the whole church retired in prayer
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘These all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication.’—[Acts 1,] v. 14.” 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 139.
Publishing: Public Domain