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Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to thee.

5 In answer to our fervent cries,
Give us to see thy church arise;
Or, if that blessing seem too great,
Give us to mourn its low estate.

211 (1st P.) 112th. Hoxton 121. Francis 200. The Influences of the Spirit desired.

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ETERNAL Spirit! source of light!
Enliv'ning, consecrating fire,

Descend, and with celestial heat

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Our dull, our frozen hearts inspire :
Our souls refine, our dross consume!
Come, condescending Spirit! come.
2 In our cold breast, O strike a spark
Of the pure flame which seraphs feel;
Nor let us wander in the dark,

Or lie benumb'd and stupid still:
Come, vivifying Spirit! come,

And make our hearts thy constant home.
3 Whatever guilt and madness dare,

We would not quench the heavenly fire;
Our hearts as fuel we prepare,

Tho' in the flame we should expire
Our breasts expand to make thee room,
Come, purifying Spirit! come.

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devotion's fervours risc!

Let every pious passion glow!
Oh, let the raptures of the skies

Kindle in our cold hearts below!
Come, condescending Spirit! come,
And make our souls thy constant home...

211 (2d P.) S. M. Stoke 207. New Eagle Str. 55.

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The Holy Spirit invoked.'

COME, holy Spirit, come !!
With energy divine ; ⠀

And on this poor benighted soul
With beams of mercy shine.
2. From the celestial hills,

Life, light, and joy dispense;
And may I daily, hourly feel
Thy quickening influence.

3 Melt, melt, this frozen heart:
This stubborn, will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form me all anew.

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Mine will the profit be,
But thine shall be the praise;

. And unto thee I will devote

The remnant of my days.

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211 (3d P.) L. M. New Haven 248. Pearce 269.

Universal Dedication implored; de mate

1 LORD, that so poor a worm as I May to thy praise and glory live,

Now all my nature sanctify,

And all my thoughts and words receive;
Me for thy service wholly claim, st
Claim all I have and all I am. ✨

2 Take thou my soul and all my powers;
O take my memory, mind, and will,
Take all my goods, and all my hours,
-Take all I know, and all I feel;
Take all I think, and speak, and do;
O take my heart, but make it new.
3 Bless'd Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
The One in Three, and Three in One,
As by the high celestial host,

So let thy will on earth be done;
Glory by all, to thee be giv'n,

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Thou glorious Lord of earth and heaven.

212 (1st P.) L. M. Mark's 65. Chard 175.

Entire Dedication; or, Reasons for desiring the Work of the Spirit.

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1 EMPTY'D of earth, I fain would be,

Of sin, of self, of all but thee;

Reserv'd for Christ that bled and died,-
Surrender'd to the crucified !

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2 Sequester'd from the noise and strife,
The lust, the pomp, and pride of life;
Prepar❜d for Heaven my noblest care,-
And have my conversation there.
3 Nothing, save Jesus, would I know;
My friend, and my companion Thou;
Lord, take my heart-assert thy right,
And put all other loves to flight.
4 Each idol tread beneath thy feet,
And to thyself the conquest get:
Let sin no more oppose my Lord,
Slain by thy Spirit's two-edg'd sword.
5 [Constrain my soul thy sway to own;
Self-will, self-righteousness, dethrone;"
Let Dagon fall before thy face,
The ark remaining in its place.]
6 Detach from sublunary joys
One that would only hear thy voice,
Thy beauty see, thy grace admire,
Nor glow but with celestial fire.

7 Larger communion let me prove in!
With thee, blest object of my love:
But, oh! for this no power have I;
My strength is at thy feet to lie.

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212 (24 P.) L. M. Denbigh 54. Rowles 73. A propitious Gale longed for.

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AT anchor laid, remote from home,
Toiling, I cry, sweet Spirit, come!"
Celestial breeze, no longer stay,
But swell my sails, and speed my way!

2 Fain would I mount, fain would I glow,
And loose my cable from below:
But I can only spread my sail;

Thou, Thou must breathe th' auspicious gale. 212 (3d P.) 8s. Limefield 94. Lambeth 57.

Waiting for the Comforter until the last.

1 BLESS'D Comforter, balm of the mind, Long have I thy absence deplor'd; & Nor peace nor contentment confin'd, Till thou to my soul art restor'd. às 16'7 2 With comfort I once pass'd the day, With comfort I laid me to rest, But now thou art fled far away, And sorrow oppresseth my breast... 3 Return and revive me once more,uly With joys that are pure and divine; Thy presence is what I implore, sro) ( O grant it, and comfort is mine. buď 4 But if thou delay to impart, uliv The earnest and foretaste of heav'ng 12 In duty I'll give thee my heart, And wait till the blessing is giv'n u 5. And should it yet tarry awhile, Yea till I'm resigning my breath, O step in and give me a smile,

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And let me find comfort in death. Q

213 L. M. Portugal 97. Ulverston 179, The Influences of the Spirit experienced, John xiv. 16, 17.

1 DEAR Lord! and shall thy Spirit rest

In such a wretched heart as mine?
Unworthy dwelling! glorious guest!
Favour astonishing, divine!!
2 When sin prevails, and gloomy fear,"
And hope almost expires in night,
Lord, can thy Spirit then be here! S
Great spring of comfort, life, and light?

3 Sure the blest Comforter is nigh!
"Tis he sustains my fainting heart;
Else would my hopes for ever die,
And every cheering ray depart.
4 When some kind promise glads my soul,
Do I not find his healing voice
The tempest of my fears controul,
And bid my drooping powers rejoice?
5 Whene'er to call the Saviour mine,
With ardent wish, my heart aspires
Can it be less than power divine
Which animates these strong desires ?]
6 What less than thy Almighty word
Can raise my heart from earth and dust,
And bid me cleave to thee, my Lord,
My life, my treasure, and my trust?
7 And, when my cheerful hope can say,
I love my God, and taste his g
grace,
Lord, is it not thy blissful ray

Which brings this dawn of sacred peace?

8 Let thy kind Spirit in my heart

For ever dwell, O God of love!

And light and heavenly peace impart,-
Sweet earnest of the joys above..

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The Holy Spirit addressed under Darkness.

1 Spirit—the DESCEND, Holy Spirit the dove,

And visit a sorrowful breast; ཏཙྪཱི།

My burden of guilt to remove,

And bring me assurance and rest.
Thou only hast pow'r to reliever

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A sinner o'erwhelm'd with his load,
The sense of redemption to give,
And sprinkle his conscience with blood.
2 With me, if of old thou hast strove,
And kindly withheld me from sin':

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