Appearing as number 487 in the PM hymnbook and set to the tune Brimington, this hymn by Charles Wesley remains as popular today as it was when the words were first penned in 1762. Its stirring tune and confident words was a great favourite of the Primitive Methodists.
Methodist congregations, and certainly those in the northeast, tend to use the tune Wilton which appears as an additional tune, number 1068, written by Samuel Stanley.
O Thou, Who camest from above,
The pure celestial fire to impart,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
On the mean altar of my heart.
There let it for Thy glory burn
With inextinguishable blaze,
And trembling to its source return,
In humble prayer and fervent praise.
Jesus, confirm my heart’s desire
To work, and speak, and think for Thee:
Still let me guard the holy fire,
And still stir up Thy gift in me.
Ready for all Thy perfect will,
My acts of faith and love repeat,
Till death Thy endless mercies seal,
And make the sacrifice complete.
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