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• Handel set to music, as songs, with organ accompaniment, this and two other of Wesley's hymns. The three, in their original form, were published by Samuel Wesley, the organist, in 1826, from the Fitzwilliam MSS. Mr. Havergal has slightly altered the melody of the above tune.

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WHE
THEN God of old came down from heaven,
In power and wrath He came ;
Before His feet the clouds were riven,
Half darkness and half flame:

But when He came the second time,
He came in power and love;
Softer than gale at morning prime
Hover'd His holy Dove.

The fires, that rush'd on Sinai down
In sudden torrents dread,
Now gently light, a glorious crown,
On every sainted head.

And as on Israel's awe-struck ear
The voice exceeding loud,

The trump, that Angels quake to hear,
Thrill'd from the deep, dark cloud;

So, when the Spirit of our God
Came down His flock to find,
A voice from heaven was heard abroad,
A rushing, mighty wind.

It fills the Church of God; it fills
The sinful world around;
Only in stubborn hearts and wills
No place for it is found.

Come Lord, come Wisdom, Love, and
Open our ears to hear; [Power,
Let us not miss the accepted hour;
Save, Lord, by love or fear.

A men.

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ANGELUS (or WHITSUN HYMN). L. M.

JOHANNES SCHEFFLER, Med. Doc., Breslau. 1657.

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COME, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With light and comfort from above; Be Thou our guardian, Thou our guide, O'er every thought and step preside.

The light of truth to us display,
And make us know and love Thy way;
Plant holy fear in every heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.

Lead us to holiness, the road,
The narrow road which leads to God;
Bring us to Christ, the living Way,
Nor let us from Him ever stray.

Lead us to God, our only rest,
To be with Him for ever bless'd;
Lead us to heaven, its bliss to share,
Fulness of joy for ever there.

84.

SPIRIT of God, that moved of old

Upon the waters' darken'd face, Come, when our faithless hearts are cold, And stir them with an inward grace. Thou that art Power and Peace combined, All highest Strength, all purest Love, The rushing of the mighty wind,

The brooding of the gentle dove; Come, give us still Thy powerful aid, And urge us on, and keep us Thine; Nor leave the hearts, that once were made Fit temples for Thy grace divine: Nor let us quench Thy sevenfold light; But still with softest breathings stir Our wayward souls-and lead us right, O Holy Ghost, the Comforter!

A men.

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