ASKING by Frances Ridley Havergal

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 1, 1885

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 11, No. 37.

ASKING.

By Frances Ridley Havergal

"If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children; how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?" Luke 11:13.

"O HEAVENLY Father, thou hast told Of a gift more precious than pearls and gold; A gift that is free to every one, Through Jesus Christ, thy only Son; For his sake, give it to me! "O give it to me, for Jesus said That a father giveth his children bread, And how much more thou wilt surely give The gift by which the dead shall live? For Christ's sake, give it to me! "I cannot see and I want the sight; I am in the dark and I want the light; I want to pray, and I know not how; O, give me thy Holy Spirit now! For Christ's sake, give it to me! "Thou hast said it, I must believe; It is only ask and I shall receive; If thou didst say it, it must be true; And there's nothing else for me to do! For Christ's sake, give it to me! "So I come and ask, because my need Is very great, and real indeed; On the strength of thy word I come and say, O let thy word come true to-day! For Christ's sake, give it to me!" —Frances Ridley Havergal.