Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: My spirit longs for thee (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book

Date: 1865

Compiler: Alexander Campbell

Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern

First Line: My spirit longs for thee

Topic: The New Life/Aspiration

Writer: John Byrom

Composer:

Meter: 6s

Tune:

Hymn Number: 834

Page Number: 491, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

My spirit longs for thee

Within my troubled breast,

Though I unworthy be

Of so divine a Guest.



Of so divine a Guest

Unworthy though I be,

Yet has my heart no rest

Unless it come from thee.



Unless it come from thee,

In vain I look around;

In all that I can see,

No rest is to be found.



No rest is to be found

But in thy blessed love;

O let my wish be crowned,

And send it from above!