O Fountain of
all good,
Destroy in me every lofty thought,
Break pride to pieces and scatter it
to the winds,
Annihilate each
clinging shred of
self-righteousness,
Implant in me true
lowliness of spirit,
Abase me to
self-loathing and self-abhorrence,
Open in me a fount
of penitential tears,
Break me, then bind
me up;
Thus will my heart
be a prepared dwelling
for my God;
Then can the Father take up his
abode in me,
Then can the blessed Jesus come
with healing
in his touch,
Then can the Holy Spirit descend
in
sanctifying grace;
O Holy Trinity,
three Persons and one God,
inhabit me, a temple consecrated
to thy glory.
When thou art
present, evil cannot abide;
In thy fellowship is
fullness of joy,
Beneath thy smile is
peace of conscience,
By thy side no fears
disturb,
no apprehensions banish rest of
mind,
With thee my heart
shall bloom with fragrance;
Make me meet,
through repentance,
for thine indwelling.
Nothing exceeds thy
power,
Nothing is too great
for thee to do,
Nothing too good for
thee to give.
Infinite is thy might, boundless
thy love,
limitless thy grace, glorious thy
saving name.
Let angels sing for
sinners
repenting,
prodigals
restored,
backsliders
reclaimed,
Satan’s
captives released,
blind
eyes opened,
broken
hearts bound up,
the
despondent cheered,
the
self-righteous stripped,
the
formalist driven from a refuge of lies,
the
ignorant enlightened,
and
saints built up in their holy faith.
I ask great things
of a great God.