Scripture Verse

Grace be unto you, and peace, from Him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before His throne. Revelation 1:4

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 822.

Music: Ormes­by George Mer­ritt, in The Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Hym­nal, ed­it­ed by George Booth (Lon­don: Pri­mi­tive Me­tho­dist Pub­lish­ing House, 1889), num­ber 46 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Mer­ritt (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Grace, the fount­ain of all good,
Ye hap­py saints, re­ceive,
With the streams of peace ov­er­flow­èd
With all that God can give;
He who is, and was, in peace
And grace, and ple­ni­tude of pow­er,
Come your fa­vored souls to bless,
And ne­ver leave you more!

Let the Spir­it be­fore His throne
Mysterious one and se­ven,
In His va­ri­ous gifts sent down,
Be to the church­es giv­en;
Let the pure ser­aph­ic joy
From Je­sus Christ the Just des­cend,
Holiness with­out al­loy,
And bliss which ne’er shall end.