450 Prayer for the Indwelling of the Spirit, 1 HOLY Spirit! Love Divine!
Let thy light within me shine;
Breathe thyself into my breast:
Earnest of immortal rest.
2 Let me never from thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way:
Keep me thine, forever thine;
Let thy love and joy be mine.
7s. 452 Prayer for the sanctifying Influence of S.
Prayer for the cheering Presence of the 6s & 4s.
Spirit.
1 COME, Holy Ghost,
Shed on us from above
Thine own bright ray!
Divinely good thou art;
Thy sacred gifts impart
To gladden each sad heart:
Oh, come to-day!
2 Come, tend'rest Friend, and best, Our most delightful guest,
With soothing power:
Rest, which the weary know,
Shade, 'mid the noontide glow,
Peace, when deep griefs o'erflow,
Cheer us,
this hour!
3 Come, Light serene, and still
Our inmost bosoms fill;
Dwell in each breast:
We know no dawn but thine;
Send forth thy beams divine,
On our dark souls to shine,
And make us blest!
4 Exalt our low desires;
Extinguish passion's fires;
Heal every wound:
Our stubborn spirits bend;
Our icy coldness end;
Our devious steps attend,
While heavenward bound.
5 Come, all the faithful bless;
Let all, who Christ confess,
His praise employ:
Give virtue's rich reward;
Victorious death accord,
And, with our glorious Lord,
Eternal joy!
1 COME, Holy Spirit, come!
Let thy bright beams arise: Dispel the sorrow from our minds, The darkness from our eyes.
2 Convince us of our sin;
Then lead to Jesus' blood,
And to our wondering view reveal
The secret love of God.
Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of never-dying love.
4 'T is thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in every part,
And new-create the whole.
5 Dwell, Spirit, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free; Then shall we know, and praise, and lov The Father, Son, and Thee.
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1 COME, blesséd Spirit! Source of light,
Whose power and grace are unconfined.
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,
The thicker darkness of the mind.
2 To mine illumined eyes display
The glorious truths thy word reveals;
Cause me to run the heavenly way;
The book unfold, and loose the seals.
3 Thine inward teachings make me know
The myst❜ries of redeeming love,
The vanity of things below,
And excellence of things above.
4 While through this dubious maze I stray,
Spread, like the sun, thy beams abroad;
Oh, show the dangers of the way,
And guide my feeble steps to God!
The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and choose thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
"That we from God may ne'er depart.
Lead us to holiness the road
Which we must take to dwell with God;
Lead us to Christ, the living way,
Nor let us from his pastures stray.
Lead us to God, our final rest,
To be with him forever blest;
Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share-
Fullness of joy forever there!
Prayer for the Witness of the Spirit.
WHY should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter! descend and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints,
And seal them heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?
Assure my conscience of her part
In my Redeemer's blood;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
1 Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.
5 In us "Abba, Father," cry
Earnest of our bliss on high,
Seal of immortality,
Comforter Divine!
6 Search for us the depths of God;
Bear us up the starry road,
To the height of thine abode,
Comforter Divine!
"IIoly Spirit, all Divine!"
1 HOLY GHOST, with light divine,
Shine upon this heart of mine!
Chase the shades of night away,
Turn my darkness into day.
2 Holy Ghost, with power divine,
Cleanse this guilty heart of mine;
Long hath sin, without control,
Held dominion o'er my soul.
3 Holy Ghost, with joy divine,
Cheer this saddened heart of mine;
Bid my many woes depart,
Heal my wounded, bleeding heart!
4 Holy Spirit, all Divine!
Dwell within this heart of mine;
Cast down every idol-throne;
Reign supreme, and reign alone!
458
“It is God that worketh in you.”
1 HOLY GHOST, thou Source of light!
We invoke thy kindling ray:
Dawn upon our spirits' night,
Turn our darkness into day.
"The Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost." 7s & 5.2 To the anxious soul impart
4 O happy Heaven! where thine embrace I never more shall leave,
Nor ever cast away thy grace,
Nor once thy Spirit grieve.
5 Oh, let me, Lord, each grace possess That makes thy heaven more bright,
And bring the humble holiness
That gives my God delight!
4 O Lord, my weary soul release,
Upraise me by thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promised land.
"Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove.”
1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove, With all thy quickening powers, Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.
3 In vain we tune our formal songs;
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
4 Dear Lord! and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?
5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers!
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.
1 O LORD, and shall our fainting souls
Thy just displeasure ever mourn?
Thy Spirit grieved, and long withdrawn,-
Will he no more to us return?
461 Prayer for the Continuance of the Spirit. L. M. 2 Great Source of light and peace! return,
1 STAY, thou insulted Spirit, stay!
Though I have done thee such despite, Cast not a sinner quite away,
Nor take thine everlasting flight. 2 Though I have most unfaithful been Of all who e'er thy grace received; Ten thousand times thy goodness seen, Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved;
3 Yet, oh, the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High Priest!
Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.
Nor let us mourn and sigh in vain;
Come, repossess these longing hearts
With all the graces of thy train.
3 This temple, hallowed by thine hand,
Once more be with thy presence blest;
Here be thy grace anew displayed,
Be this thine everlasting rest!
Give thou the word: that healing sound
Shall quell the deadly strife,
And earth again, like Eden crowned,
Produce the tree of life.
If sang the morning stars for joy
When nature rose to view,
What strains will angel harps employ
When thou shalt all renew!
And if the sons of God rejoice
To hear a Saviour's name,
How will the ransomed raise their voice,
To whom that Saviour came!
Lo! every kindred, tongue, and tribe,
Assembling round the throne,
The new creation shall ascribe
To sovereign love alone.
HYMNS PERTAINING TO THE TRINITY,
An ancient Hymn to the Trinity. L. M. 61. 5 O thou, who sitt'st at God's right hand,
1 LET glory be to God on high;
Peace be on earth as in the sky;
Good will to men! We bow the knee,
We praise, we bless, we worship thee;
We give thee thanks, thy name we sing,
Almighty Father! Heavenly King!
2 O Lord, the sole begotten Son,
Who bore the crimes which we had done;
Son of the Father, who wast slain
To take away the sins of men;
O Lamb of God, whose blood was spilt
For all the world, and all its guilt;
3 Have mercy on us, through thy blood;
Receive our prayer, O Lamb of God!
For thou art holy; thou alone,
At God's right hand, upon his throne,
In all his glory, art adored,
With thee, O Holy Ghost, ONE LORD.
An ancient Hymn to the Trinity.
1 To God be glory, peace on earth,
To all mankind good will;
We bless, we praise, we worship thee,
And glorify thee still;
2 And thanks for thy great glory give,
That fills our souls with light;
O Lord, our heavenly King, the God
And Father of all might!
3 And thou, begotten Son of God,
Before all time begun;
O Jesus Christ, thou Lamb of God,
The Father's only Son;
4 Thou who the sins of all the world
Dost fully take away,
Have mercy, Saviour of mankind,
And hear us when we pray!
Upon the Father's throne,
Have mercy on us, thou, O Christ,
Who art the Holy One!
6 Thou, only with the Holy Ghost
Whom earth and heaven adore,
In glory of the Father art
Most high for evermore!
1 PRAISES to him who built the hills;
Praises to him the streams who fills;
Praises to him who lights each star
That sparkles in the blue afar.
2 Praises to him who wakes the morn,
And bids it glow with beams new-born;
Who draws the shadows of the night,
Like curtains, o'er our wearied sight.
3 Praises to him whose love has given,
In Christ his Son, the life of heaven;
Who for our darkness gives us light,
And turns to day our deepest night.
4 Praises to him in grace who came
To bear our woe and sin and shame;
Who lived to die, who died to rise,
The God-accepted sacrifice.
5 Praises to him the chain who broke,
Opened the prison, burst the yoke,
Sent forth the captives glad and free,
Heirs of an endless liberty.
6 Praises to him who sheds abroad
Within our hearts the love of God,
The Spirit of all truth and peace,
The Source of joy and holiness.
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