234 WAREHAM. L.M.

W. KNAPP.

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[Alternative Tunes Nos. 149, 233.]

COME, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,

And fill me with celestial love,
For Thou delightest to impart
The richest treasures to the heart.

When I am tempted to do wrong,
O make my will for good more strong,
And give me faith and charity,
That I may trust and hope in Thee.

Thou knowest I am frail and weak,

Then teach me, LORD, Thy strength to seek,
That so enabled by Thy might

I may the powers of evil fight.

Come, Holy Spirit, ever blest,

O come and rule within my breast,

I long to be a holy child,

O make me humble, gentle, mild. Amen.

I

MET the Good Shepherd but now on the plain,

As homeward He carried His lost one again;

I wondered how gently His burden He bore,

And as He passed by me, I knelt to adore.

O Shepherd, Good Shepherd, Thy wounds they are deep;
The wolves have sore hurt Thee in saving Thy sheep;

Thy raiment all over with crimson is dyed,

And what is this rent they have made in Thy Side?

Ah me, how the thorns have entangled Thy hair,
And cruelly wounded that forehead so fair!
How feebly Thou drawest Thy faltering breath,
And lo, on Thy face is the paleness of death!

O Shepherd, Good Shepherd, and is it for me
Such grievous affliction hath fallen on Thee?
Oh, then let me strive, for the love Thou hast borne,
To give Thee no longer occasion to mourn. Amen.

Amen.

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