O SPIRIT of the living God!
In all Thy plenitude of grace, Where'er the foot of man hath trod, Descend on our apostate race.
Give tongues of fire and hearts of love To preach the reconciling word; Give power and unction from above Whene'er the joyful sound is heard.
Be darkness, at Thy coming, light; Confusion, order in Thy path; Souls without strength inspire with might, Bid mercy triumph over wrath.
O Spirit of the Lord! prepare
All the round earth her God to meet; Breathe Thou abroad like morning air, Till hearts of stone begin to beat.
Baptize the nations far and nigh, The triumphs of Thy cross record, The Name of Jesus glorify,
Till every kindred call Him Lord.
THOU, Whose almighty Word
Chaos and darkness heard, And took their flight,
Hear us we humbly pray; And where the Gospel's day Sheds not its glorious ray, Let there be light!
Thou, Who didst come to bring On Thy redeeming wing Healing and sight,
Health to the sick in mind, Sight to the inly blind, O! now to all mankind Let there be light!
Spirit of truth and love, Life-giving holy Dove,
Speed forth Thy flight! Move on the water's face, Bearing the lamp of grace, And in earth's darkest place Let there be light!
Holy and Blessed Three, Glorious Trinity,
Wisdom, Love, Might!
Boundless as ocean's tide, Rolling in fullest pride,
Through the earth far and wide, Let there be light! Amen.
GOD of grace, O let Thy light Bless our dim and blinded sight; Like the day-spring on the night Bid Thy grace to shine.
To the nations led astray Thine eternal love display; Let Thy Truth direct their way Till the world be Thine.
Praise to Thee, the faithful Lord; Let all tongues in glad accord Learn the good thanksgiving word, Ever praising Thee.
Let them moved to gladness sing, Owning Thee their Judge and King; Righteous Truth shall bloom and spring Where Thy rule shall be.
Praise to Thee, all-faithful Lord; Let all tongues in glad accord Speak the good thanksgiving word, Heart-rejoicing praise.
So the fruitful earth's increase, Bounty of the God of peace, Never in its course shall cease,
Through the length of days;
While His grace our life shall cheer, Furthest lands shall own His fear, Brought to Him in worship near, Taught His mercy's ways.
GREAT God of Abr'ham, hear our prayer; Let Abr'ham's seed Thy mercy share! O may they now at length return And look on Him they pierc'd and mourn.
Remember Jacob's flock of old; Bring home the wand'rers to Thy fold; Remember too Thy promised word, "Israel at last shall seek the Lord."
Lord, put Thy law within their hearts, And write it in their inward parts; The veil of darkness rend in two Which hides Messiah from their view.
O haste the day foretold so long, When Jew and Greek, a glorious throng, One house shall seek, one prayer shall And one Redeemer shall adore. Amen.
JESUS shall reign where'er the sun Does his successive journeys run; His kingdom stretch from shore to shore, Till moons shall wax and wane no more.
People and realms of every tongue Dwell on His love with sweetest song; And infant voices shall proclaim Their early blessings on His Name. Blessings abound where'er He reigns; The prisoner leaps to loose his chains; The weary find eternal rest,
And all the sons of want are blest.
Where He displays His healing power Death and the curse are known no more; In Him the tribes of Adam boast More blessings than their father lost.
Let every creature rise and bring Peculiar honours to our King; Angels descend with songs again,
And earth repeat the long Amen! Amen.
FROM Greenland's icy mountains,
From India's coral strand,
Where Afric's sunny fountains
Roll down their golden sand,
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