Spirit of Faith, on Thee we call

Verse 1
Spirit of faith, on Thee we call,
The merits of our Lord t’ apply;
Convince, and then convert us all,
Condemn, and freely justify,
Set forth the all-atoning Lamb,
And spread the powers of Jesus name.

Verse 2
Jesus the merciful and just
To every heart of man reveal,
In Him enable us to trust,
Forgiveness in his blood to feel,
Let all in Him redemption find;
Sprinkle the blood on all mankind.

Verse 3
Is He not to his Father gone,
That we his righteousness might share?
And art not Thou on earth sent down,
The fruit of his prevailing prayer,
The Witness of his grace, and Seal,
The heavenly Gift unspeakable?

Verse 4
O might we each receive the grace
By Thee to call the Saviour mine!
Come, holy Ghost, to all our race
Bring in the righteousness Divine,
Inspire the sense of sin forgiven,
And give our earth a taste of heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Introduced in Hymns of Petition and Thanksgiving For the Promise of the Father, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1746). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 4 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 188. Wesley later altered this hymn in his 1763-64 manuscript “MS John.” 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 1977/573, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School.
Publishing: Public Domain