Thy killing and thy quick’ning power,
Jesus, in me display,
My life of nature, from this hour,
My pride and passion slay;
Then, then, my utmost Saviour, raise
My soul with saints above
To serve thy will, and spread thy praise,
And sing thy perfect love.
Thy killing and Thy quickening power
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “I kill, and I make alive.”—[Deut.] xxxii. 39. 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 110.
Publishing: Public Domain