2 Come, Holy Ghost! for, mov'd by thee,
The prophets wrote and spoke :
Unlock the truth inspir'd by thee;
Unseal the sacred book.

3 Water with heav'nly dew thy word,
In this appointed hour:
Attend it with thy virtues, Lord!
And bid it come with pow'r.

4 Open the hearts of those who hear,
To make the Saviour room:
Oh! let us find redemption near,-
Let faith by hearing come.

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TERNAL Spirit! mighty Lord!
Jehovah is thy name :

Thy glories here will we record,

And sing thy wond'rous fame.

2 Of heav'nly love thou art the pledge,
The witness and the seal :
O! that in pray'r, when we engage,
We may thy influence feel.

3 Help our infirmities, we pray;
Our ignorance remove:

Oh! smile our darkness into day,
And fill us with thy love!

4 Our suit, Oh! kindly make thine own, And in us intercede,

By ev'ry sigh, and ev'ry groan,

Which from our hearts proceed.

5 View ev'ry pain'd and throbbing heart,
That, lab'ring, longs to pray:
Thy gracious influence impart,
And teach them what to say.

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HE love of the Spirit we sing,
By whom is redemption applied,
The ransom'd to Jesus to bring,

To be own'd as his mystical bride. 2 'Tis he circumcises their hearts;

Their callousness kindly removes ;
Life, light, and affection imparts
To them that so freely he loves.

3 He

opens the eyes of the blind,
The beauty of Jesus to view;
He changes the bent of the mind,
The glory of God to pursue.

4 The stubbornest will he can bow;

The foes that dwell in us restrain
And none can be trodden so low,
But he can revive them again.

5 His blest renovation begun,

He dwells in the hearts of his saints; Abandons his temple to none;

Nor e'er of his calling repents.

6 Impress'd with the image divine,
The soul to redemption he seals;
And each with the Saviour shall shine,
When glory complete he reveals.

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7 How constant thy love, we believe,
Which stedfast endures to the end;
Oh! never permit us to grieve
So loving, so holy a Friend!

SOVEREIGNTY OF OPERATIONS.

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1HE blessed Spirit, like the wind,
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Blows when and where he please :
How happy are our souls, which feel
The sweet enliv'ning breeze.

2 He forms the carnal mind afresh
Subdues the pow'r of sin;
Transforms the heart of stone to flesh,
And plants his grace within.

3 He sheds abroad the Father's love;
Applies redeeming blood;

Bids both our guilt and grief remove,
And brings us near to God.

4 Lord! fill each dead, benighted soul,
With life, and light, and joy!
None can thy mighty pow'r controul;
Thy glorious work destroy.

WITNESS.

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HY should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?

Great Comforter! descend and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.

2 Since thou dost dwell in all the saints, And seal the heirs of heav'n;

Now banish, Lord! each soul's complaints, And shew our sins forgiv'n.

3 Assure our spirits of their part
In the Redeemer's blood;

And witness give to ev'ry heart,
That we are born of God.

4 Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove!
Will safe convey us home.

TRINITY.

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LEST be the Father and his love,

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To whose celestial source we owe

Rivers of endless bliss above,

And rills of comfort here below.

2 Glory to thee, great Son of God!
Forth, from thy wounded body, rolls
A precious stream of vital blood,→
Pardon and life for dying souls.
3 And we the sacred Spirit praise,

Who, in our hearts of sin and woe,
Makes living streams of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.

4 Thus, God the Father, God the Son,
And God the Spirit, we adore,—
That sea of life, and love unknown,
Without a bottom or a shore.

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ATHER of Glory! to thy name,
Immortal praise we give,

Who dost an act of grace proclaim,
And bid us rebels live.

2 Immortal honors to the Son,
Who, as our surety, stood,
Our lives to ransom with his own,
And cleanse us in his blood.

3 To the Eternal Spirit, we
Immortal glory give,

Who made our moral darkness flee,
And bid us ever live.

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HOLY, Holy, Holy, Lord!

Self-existing Deity!

By the host of heav'n ador'd,
Teach us how to worship thee:
Only uncreated mind!"

Wonders in thy nature meet;
Perfect, unity combin'd

With society complete.

2 All perfections dwell in thee,
Now to us obscurely known ;
Three in One, and One in Three!
Great Jehovah! God alone!