Spirit of truth, the Comforter,
Proceeding from the Father’s throne,
Come, and thine inward witness bear
Of Jesus, his eternal Son;
Him, the great uncreated Word,
Give me the God supreme to call,
Essence, I AM, Jehovah, Lord,
My God, who made, and died for all.
Spirit of truth, the Comforter
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The Spirit of truth which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me.”—[John] xv. 26. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). 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 32.
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