7s & 6s. 1 FATHER, see this living clod, This spark of heavenly fire, See my soul, the breath of God, Doth after God aspire: Let it still to heaven ascend, Till I my principle rejoin, Blended with my glorious end, And lost in love divine.
2 Lord, if thou from me hast broke The power of outward sin, Burst this Babylonish yoke, And make me free within; Bid my inbred sin depart, And I thy utmost word shall prove, Upright both in life and heart, And perfected in love.
3 God of all-sufficient grace, My God in Christ thou art; Bid me walk before thy face, Till I am pure in heart; Till, transformed by faith divine, I gain that perfect love unknown, Bright in all thine image shine, By putting on thy Son.
4 Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, In council join again, To restore thine image lost By hail, apostate man; O might I thy form express, Through faith begotten from above, Stamped with real holiness, And filled with perfect love!