Adventist Pioneer Library

The Christian — Godly Life

The praying spirit breathe,

  • No. 652
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

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

2

My feeble mind sustain,By worldly thoughts oppressed;Appear, and bid me turn againTo 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 roveO'er all the earth abroad,Arrest the prisoner of thy love,And shut me up in God.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «652» (large) in the left column of p. 212, under «Charles Wesley.» of hymn 651, with the reference line «236, 732, 266.» in italics beside it (= sing to the tune of hymn 236, 732 or 266); stanzas 1–3 at the foot of the left column, stanza 4 at the top of the right column; «Charles Wesley.» in italics at the end. The first word «THE» is set in a capital and small capitals. The stanza numbers are printed without a full stop («1 THE»), numbered «1.»–«4.» here. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («oppressed ;», «seize ;», «peace :»); it is closed up here. Stanza 3 ends with a colon («peace:»), as printed. The printer's curly apostrophe is written straight («O'er»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the three tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Godly Life · No. 652 · printed page 212
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02