845--Release my spirit! This is what I need:

Release my spirit! This is what I need:

845

	1.	Release my spirit! This is what I need:
		O may my spirit with the saints' be
		knit;
		No more in private ways Thyself to
		seek,
		But freed from self and for Thy
		building fit.
	2.	Release my spirit! This is what I ask,
		That self-confined or closed I may not
		be;
		How deep within myself I long have
		been,
		If Thou deliver not, I'll ne'er be free.
	3.	Release my spirit! 'Tis for this I pray,
		That from myself I fully may come
		forth;
		Thy Spirit then through me may freely
		flow,
		And Thou Thy presence fully may
		show forth.
	4.	Release my spirit! This is what I want,
		That I from seclusion may depart;
		My private seeking poverty has
		brought,
		Now save from self, Thy wealth to me
		impart.
	5.	Release my spirit! This is what I seek,
		That prisoned in my self no more I'll
		be;
		By Satan's cunning cheated nevermore,
		But loosed from self to Thine infinity.
	6.	Release my spirit! 'Tis for this I yearn,
		That self may bind my spirit
		nevermore;
		With all the saints I'd mingle in Thy
		life,
		And all Thou art enjoy forevermore.