from the hymn IN TEMPTATION.
Thou of life the fountain art,
Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring thou up within my heart,
Rise to all eternity.
By Charles Wesley (1707-1788)
The author of this one, Charles Wesley, is a founder of the Methodist denomination. It's from the last stanza of one of his some 1,600 hymns, this entitled "In Temptation". "Praise songs" are very very short poems in this form; they have a similar exhortation from believer to God.
Classics from great Christian poets of the past
David Weller, aka poetspirit
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