Longing to be Established in Love

O that in me the sacred fire

Author: Charles Wesley
Tune: [O that in me the sacred fire] (51112)
Published in 25 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 O that in me the sacred fire
Might now begin to glow,
Burn up the dross of base desire
And make the mountains flow!

Refrain:
On the aged and the young let it fall,
Thy promise now fulfill,
It will guide us on to Truth—let it fall,
And sanctify the whole.

2 O that it now from heav’n might fall,
And all my sins consume!
Come, Holy Ghost, for thee I call;
Spirit of burning, come! [Refrain]

3 Refining fire, go thro’ my heart;
Illuminate my soul;
Scatter thy life thro’ ev’ry part,
And sanctify the whole. [Refrain]

4 My steadfast soul, from falling free,
Shall then no longer move,
While Christ is all the world to me,
And all my heart is love. [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of the Gospel: for use in all religious meetings #9

Author: Charles Wesley

Charles Wesley, M.A. was the great hymn-writer of the Wesley family, perhaps, taking quantity and quality into consideration, the great hymn-writer of all ages. Charles Wesley was the youngest son and 18th child of Samuel and Susanna Wesley, and was born at Epworth Rectory, Dec. 18, 1707. In 1716 he went to Westminster School, being provided with a home and board by his elder brother Samuel, then usher at the school, until 1721, when he was elected King's Scholar, and as such received his board and education free. In 1726 Charles Wesley was elected to a Westminster studentship at Christ Church, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1729, and became a college tutor. In the early part of the same year his religious impressions were much deepene… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: O that in me the sacred fire
Title: Longing to be Established in Love
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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