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 my 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.