John 4:14: But...the water that I shall give him shall, &c

Thou promisest Thyself to' impart
To all who ask Thyself of Thee,
Open the fountain in my heart,
Spring up, O Well of life, in me!
The Root and Principle of grace,
In me let Thy good Spirit abide.
Renew in perfect holiness,
And add me to the glorified.

Not like a sudden transient flood,
But fix'd and permanent and sure.
The grace Thou hast on me bestow'd
Deep let it in my soul endure,
Swift to its source celestial move,
Freely fulfil Thy whole design
With all the' activity of love,
With all the powers of life Divine.
Religion true to visit earth
In pure Divinity descends.
But mindful of its heavenly birth,
To heaven in all its motions tends;
Returning to its bless'd abode.
It mingles with the crystal sea.
It bears my spirit back to God,
My God through all eternity.