Verse 1
Son of GOD, to Thee, I look,
Teach me the mysterious Book,
Take my weakness by the hand,
Make my dulness understand.
Verse 2
With thy grace anoint my eyes,
Make me to salvation wise,
Wisdom from above impart,
Give me the believing heart.
Son of GOD, to Thee, I look
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “Before reading the Scriptures.” This hymn appears in the mid-1750s manuscript “MS Richmond.” 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 1977/551, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in S.T. Kimbrough Jr. and Oliver A. Beckerlegge, eds., The Unpublished Poetry of Charles Wesley, vol. 3 (Nashville: Kingswood Books, 1992) page 172.
Publishing: Public Domain