Let some drops fall on me,
Of thy gracious bounty,
That thou pourest abroad!
How for this I cry aloud!
Thy witness I cannot be,
If thy Spirit is not poured on me:
Oh sacred dove, on my head rest,
Enlivened me for every duty and test!
Open to me now the Holy scroll ---
Its seven seal break and off-roll:
That therefrom, may I, Lord, behold
Thy gracious law, a riches untold!
As thou sendest epistles to thine,
Fail not to name one as mine ---
Give token that such and such is for me:
So as to holy and strict before thee!
As thou, by thy gruesome death,
In heaven my name down setteth:
Give thou me also thy great grace,
To here set thee before every face!
And when in thy glory thou comest,
May my eternal soul find a forever rest
In that castle beyond the highest sky:
Where death, sin, and hell shall die!
Amen!
The price and pride of Jesu's blood,
Ojo'je Ad'eyi