FATHER, see this living clod,
By A Collection of Hymns

      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!