COME, Saviour Christ, our only Lord, Thou great Interpreter divine, Explain Thine own transmitted Word, To teach and to inspire is Thine: Thou only canst Thyself reveal, Open Thy book, and loose its seal.
Whate’er the ancient prophets spoke Concerning Thee, O Christ, make known; Chief subject of the sacred book, Thou fillest all, and Thou alone: Yet there our Lord we cannot see Unless Thy Spirit give the key.
Now, Jesus, now the veil remove— The folly of our darkened heart; Unfold the wonders of Thy love, The knowledge of Thyself impart: Our ears—our inmost souls we bow, Speak, Lord, to us Thy servants now.
Charles Wesley, 1707-88