Sent, through Jesus, from the skies

Verse 1
Sent, thro’ Jesus, from the skies,
Spirit of burning, come,
Kindle on the sacrifice,
And all our sins consume;
While thou dost thyself reveal,
Our persons, and our works approve,
All our ravish’d souls shall feel
The fire of heavenly love.

Verse 2
Father, trusting in thy Son,
I bow to Jesu’s name,
Glows my heart with warmth unknown,
With pure seraphic flame:
Lost in wonder at thy grace,
I fall the pard’ning God before,
Breathe unutterable praise,
And silently adore.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “There came a fire out from before the Lord, and consumed the burnt-offering: which when all the people saw, they shouted and fell on their faces.”—[Lev.] ix. 24. 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 61.
Publishing: Public Domain