3 Thou, whose inspiring breath
Can make the cloud of care,
And e'en the gloomy vale of death,
A smile of glory wear;-
4 Thou, who dost fill the heart
With love to all our race,-
Blest Comforter! to us impart
Thine all-sufficient grace.
5th P. M. 4 lines 7s.
Earnest of eternal rest.
RACIOUS Spirit-Love divine!
Let thy light within me shine;
All my guilty fears remove;
Fill me with thy heavenly love.
2 Speak thy pard'ning grace to me;
Set the burden'd sinner free;
Lead me to the Lamb of God;
Wash me in his precious blood.
3 Life and peace to me impart;
Seal salvation on my heart;
Breathe thyself into my breast,-
Earnest of immortal rest.
4 Let me never from thee stray;
Keep me in the narrow way;
Fill my soul with joy divine;
Keep me, Lord, forever thine.
Imploring His guidance. COME, Spirit, Source of light;
Thy grace is unconfined;
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,-
The darkness of the mind.
2 Now to our eyes display
The truth thy words reveal;
Cause us to run the heavenly way,
Delighting in thy will.
3 Thy teachings make us know
The myst'ries of thy love,
The vanity of things below,
The joy of things above.
4 While through this maze we stray,
O spread thy beams abroad;
Point out the dangers of the way,
And guide our steps to God.
11th P. M. 76, 76, 77, 76.
Seeking His power and grace.
FATHER of our dying Lord,
Remember us for good;
O fulfil his faithful word,
And hear his speaking blood.
Give us that for which he prays:
Father, glorify thy Son;
Show his truth, and power, and grace,
And send the promise down.
2 True and faithful Witness, thou,
O Christ, the Spirit give;
Hast thou not received him now,
That we might now receive!
Art thou not the living Head!
Life to all thy limbs impart
Shed thy love, thy Spirit shed,
In every waiting heart.
3 Holy Ghost, the Comforter,
The gift of Jesus, come;
Glow our hearts to find thee nea,
And swell to make thee room;
Present with us thee we feel;
Come, O come, and in us be;
With us, in us, live and dwell,
To all eternity.
EXPAND thy wings, celestial Dove,
And, brooding o'er our nature's night,
Call forth the ray of heavenly love,
And let there in our souls be light;
Illuminate the dark abyss
With glorious beams of endless bliss.
2 Let there be light, again command,
And light there in our hearts shall be;
We then, through faith, shall understand
Thy great mysterious majesty; .
And, oy the shining of thy grace,
Behold in Christ thy glorious face.
COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quick'ning powers:
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they 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 Father, 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 quick'ning powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.
The Son glorified.
FATHER, glorify thy Son;
Answer his all-powerful prayer;
Send that Intercessor down;
Send that other Comforter,
Whom, believingly, we claim,-
Whom we ask in Jesus' name.
2 Wilt thou not the promise seal,
Good and faithful as thou art,-
Send the Comforter to dwell
Every moment in our heart!
Yes, thou must the grace bestow:
Truth hath said it shall be so.
ANTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord,
The Holy Ghost send down;
Fulfil in us thy faithful word,
And all thy mercies crown.
2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire
Their wondrous powers impart,
Grant, Saviour, what we more desiro,--
Thy Spirit in our heart.
8 Spirit of life, and light, and love,
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,
That we in Christ may live.
4 To our benighted minds reveal
The glories of his grace,
And bring us where no clouds conceal
The brightness of his face.
5 His love within s shed abroad,-
Life's ever-springing well;
Till God in us, and we in God,
In love etonal dwell.
The day of Pentecost.
LORD God, the Holy Ghost!
In this accepted hour,
As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all thy power.
2 We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,-
The Spirit of all grace.
3 Like mighty rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,
Move with one impulse every mind;
One soul, one feeling breathe.
4 The young, the old, inspire
With wisdom from above;
And give us hearts and tongues of fire,
To pray, and praise, and love.
5 Spirit of light, explore,
And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more,
Unto the perfect day.
6 Spirit of truth, be thou
In life and death, our guide;
O Spirit of adoption, now
May we be sanctified,
The plenitude of His grace and power.
SPIRIT of the living God,
In all thy plenitude of grace,
Where'er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our apostate race.
2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love,
To preach the reconciling word;
Give power and unction from above,
Where'er the joyful sound is heard.
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