The Spirit of Prayer

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1 The praying spirit breathe,
The watching power impart,
From all entanglements beneath
Call off my peaceful heart.

2 My feeble mind sustain,
By worldly thoughts oppressed;
Appear, and bid me turn again
To my eternal rest.

3 Swift to my rescue come,
Thine own this moment seize;
Gather my wandering spirit home,
And keep in perfect peace:

4 Suffer no more to rove
O'er all the earth abroad,
Arrest the prisoner of thy love,
And shut me up in God.



Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #652

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: The praying spirit breathe
Title: The Spirit of Prayer
Author: Charles Wesley
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Chorister, and School Harmonist, 1st ed. #d115

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The Christian's Harp #26

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The Disciples' Hymn Book #268

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The Epworth Hymnal No. 2 #10

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The Heart and Voice #209a

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The Hymn Book of the Free Methodist Church #496

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. 35th ed. #d256

The Methodist Pocket Hymn Book. Rev. #d260

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The Methodist Pocket Hymn-book, revised and improved #LX

The Methodist Protestant Church Hymnal #d454

The New and Improved Camp Meeting Hymn Book #d120

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The New Hymn Book #323

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The Primitive Methodist Church Hymnal #56

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The Reformed Methodist Pocket Hymnal #I.64

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The Revivalist #210

The Sacred Lyre #d287

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The Sacred Lyre #36

The Select Hymn and Song Book #d296

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #652

The Singer's Choice #d179

The Southern Zion's Songster #d94

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d359

The Vestry Harp #d179

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The Voice of Praise #289

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The Wesleyan Methodist Hymnal #475

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The Wesleyan Minstrel #97

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #126a

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The Wesleyan Sacred Harp #126a

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The Young People's Hymnal No. 3 #214

Tidings of the Cross #d224

Unitarian Service Book, and Hymns for Church and Home. Abridged ed. #d418

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Vestry Chimes #72a

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