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.