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The Spirit of Prayer

Representative Text

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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A Collection of Choral Hymns for the ... Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Congregation #d174

A Collection of Hymns Adapted to the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d562

A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Generally Used at Camp and Prayer Meetings #d212

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d820

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social and Domestic Worship #d825

A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #d826

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A Collection of Hymns for Public, Social, and Domestic Worship #912

A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in America #d340

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #556

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A Collection of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church #154

A Collection of Hymns for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America #d503

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A Collection of Hymns, for the Use of the People Called Methodists, with a Supplement #296

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the United Brethren in Christ #491

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A Collection of Hymns, for the use of the Wesleyan Methodist Connection of America. #188

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A Collection of Hymns #L285

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A Collection of Hymns #154

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A Collection of Hymns #295

A New Book of Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal and Other Churches #d234

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A Pocket hymn book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXI

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A Pocket Hymn Book #LXI

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A Pocket hymn-book, designed as a constant companion for the pious #LXI

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A Pocket Hymn-book #61

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A Pocket Hymn-Book #LXI

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A Selection of Hymns for Worship (2nd ed.) #141

Camp Meeting Hymn Book #d121

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Chapel Melodies #229

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Christian's Duty, exhibited in a series of hymns #S115

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d693

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David's Companion #31b

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Devotional hymns #S142

Down at the Cross #d300

Family and Social Melodies #d331

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Free Methodist Hymnal #475

Go Ye Therefore No. 2 #d96

Gospel Light #d256

Hallowed Songs #d327

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Hallowed Songs #33

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Hallowed Songs #243

Happy Greetings to All #d240

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Hymn and Tune Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South (Round Note Ed.) #761

Hymn Book of the Colored M.E. Church in America #d508

Hymn Book of the Holiness Movement Church #d486

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South #761

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church #566

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (11th ed.) #566

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Hymn Book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (2nd ed.) #732

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Hymn book of the Methodist Protestant Church. (4th ed.) #732

Hymnal for Sunday School and Social Worship #d216

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #753

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Hymnal of the Methodist Episcopal Church #753

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #824

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Hymns and Tunes for Prayer and Social Meetings #23

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Hymns for All Christians #S85

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Hymns for all Christians #185

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth and Children #280

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Hymns for Sunday Schools, Youth, and Children #280

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Hymns for the Church of Christ (3rd thousand) #580

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Hymns for the Church of Christ. (6th thousand) #580

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Hymns for the Sanctuary and Social Worship #799

Hymns for the Use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. Impr. ed. #d476

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Hymns for the Use of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Rev. ed. #556

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d1053

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Hymns of the Church Universal #288

Hymns of Victory #206

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Manual of Devotion #69

Melodies of Heaven #d125

Methodist Hymn and Tune Book #d761

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Methodist Hymn-Book #403

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Methodist Social Hymn Book #169

Musical Gems. 7th ed. #d82

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New Hymn and Tune book #247g

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New Hymn and Tune Book #247g

Our Cumberland Presbyterian Hymnal #d316

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Our Glad Hosanna #275

Pocket Hymn Book of the Methodist Episcopal Church #d239

Pocket Hymn Book, Designed as a Constant Companion. 25th ed. #d238

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Prayer and Praise #79

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Public, Parlour, and Cottage Hymns. A New Selection #I.100a

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Sacred Hymns and Tunes #273

Sacred Melodies #d115

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Sacred Melodies for Social Worship #454

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Songs of Joy and Gladness No. 2 #253

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Songs of Pilgrimage #610

Sunday School Hymn Book #d413

The African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymn Book #d409

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d754

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The Baptist Harp #11

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The Centenary Singer #177

The Chapel Hymn Book #d344

The Chilton Music for Standard Hymns #d111

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The Choice #H329

The Choice #H329

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