This song has often been the cry of my heart. I feel like it aptly describes the need for revival.
I looked for this song on www.cyberhymnal.org but was unable to find it. So I typed up the words from a hymnal. The tune is by Daniel B. Towner.
[b]O Lord, Send A Revival
James M. Gray
Of self I am weary, my sin I abhor,
I long to be holy and pure to the core;
O why do I labor on husks to be fed,
Or spend my poor money for what is not bread?
[i]O Lord, send a revival!
Lord, send a revival!
O Lord, send a revival,
And let it begin in me!
Thy church, O my Saviour, Thy body and bride,
The saints Thou hast ransomed, for whom Thou has died—
How cold we are growing in service and pray’r!
Our love needs rekindling, our altars repair.
[i]Chorus
The world, in its sorrow, the world needeth Thee;
Revive Thy disciples, beginning in me!
Endue us with boldness Thy grace to proclaim;
O help us with power to speak in Thy name!
[i]Chorus
Thy glorious coming – We long for the day!
But are we preparing the holy highway?
Our hands seems so weak, and how feeble the knee;
O send a revival, beginning in me!
[i]O Lord, send a revival!
Lord, send a revival!
O Lord, send a revival,
And let it begin in me!