A Selection of Psalms and Hymns ‎#CCCXXVIII

CCCXXVIII. For the Spirit of Adoption

1 Father (if thou my father art)
Send forth the Spirit of thy son;
Breathe him into my panting heart,
And make me know as I am known,
Make me thy conscious child, that I
May Father, Abba, Father cry!

2 O that the comforter would come,
Nor visit as a transient guest;
But fix in me his constant home,
And keep possession of my breast,
And make my soul his lov'd abode,
The temple of the indwelling God!

3 Come Holy Ghost my soul inspire,
Attest that I am born again;
Come and baptize me, Lord, with fire,
Nor let thy former gifts be vain:
O grant the sense of sin forgiven,
O grant the earnest of my Heaven.

4 O give the indisputable seal,
That ascertains the kingdom mine!
That powerful stamp I long to feel,
The signature of love divine;
O shed it in my heart abroad,
Fulness of love, of Heav'n of God!

Text Information

• First Line: Father (if thou my father art)
• Title: For the Spirit of Adoption
• Meter: Six Eights
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Source: The Collection

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