I WANT the Spirit of power within,
By A Collection of Hymns

      6-8s.
      1 I WANT the Spirit of power within,
      Of love, and of a healthful mind;
      Of power, to conquer inbred sin,
      Of love, to thee and all mankind,
      Of health, that pain and death defies,
      Most vigorous when the body dies.

      2 When shall I hear the inward voice
      Which only faithful souls can hear?
      Pardon, and peace, and heavenly joys
      Attend the promised Comforter;
      O come, and righteousness divine,
      And Christ, and all with Christ, are mine!

      3 O that the Comforter would come!
      Nor visit as a transient guest,
      But fix in me his constant home,
      And take possession of my breast,
      And fix in me his loved abode,
      The temple of indwelling God!

      4 Come, Holy Ghost, my heart inspire!
      Attest that I am born again;
      Come, and baptize me now with fire,
      Nor let thy former gifts be vain;
      I cannot rest in sins forgiven,
      Where is the earnest of my heaven?

      5 Where the indubitable seal
      That ascertains the kingdom mine?
      The powerful stamp I long to feel,
      The signature of love divine;
      O shed it in my heart abroad,
      Fulness of love, of heaven, of God!