Lord, I Am Fondly, Earnestly Longing

Lord

I am fond­ly

ear­nest­ly long­ing

Into Thy ho­ly like­ness to grow;

Thirsting for more and deep­er com­mun­ion

Yearning Thy love more ful­ly to know.

Open the wells of grace and sal­va­tion

Pour the rich streams deep in­to my heart;

Cleanse and re­fine my thought and af­fect­ion

Seal me and make me pure as Thou art.

Dead to the world would I be

O Fa­ther!

Dead un­to sin

alive un­to Thee;

Crucify all the earth­ly with­in me

Emptied of sin and self may I be.

I would be Thine

and serve Thee for­ev­er

Filled with Thy Spir­it

lost in Thy love;

Come to my heart

Lord

come with an­oint­ing

Showers of grace send down from ab­ove.