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Andrew Reed·Modern
Verse 1
Spirit Divine! attend our prayers,
And make this house thy home;
Descend with all thy gracious powers,
Oh, come, great Spirit! come.
Verse 2
Come as the light; to us reveal
Our emptiness and woe;
And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.
Verse 3
Come as the fire; and purge our hearts,
Like sacrificial flame;
Let our whole soul an offering be
To our Redeemer’s name.
Verse 4
Come as the dove; and spread thy wings,
The wings of peaceful love;
And let thy church on earth become
Blessed as the church above.
Verse 5
Come as the wind; with rushing sound
And pentecostal grace;
That all, of woman born, may see
The glory of thy face.
Andrew Reed, “Spirit Divine! Attend Our Prayers”
Otterbein 1890 No. 168 · C.M · Arlington
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
William Lindsay Alexander·Modern
Verse 1
Spirit of pow’r, and truth, and love,
Who sitt’st enthroned in light above!
Descend, and bear us on thy wings,
Far from these low and fleeting things.
Verse 2
’Tis thine the wounded soul to heal,
’Tis thine to make the hardened feel;
Thine to give light to blinded eyes,
And bid the groveling spirit rise.
Verse 3
When faith is weak, and courage fails,
When grief or doubt our soul assails,
Who can, like thee, our spirits cheer?
Great Comforter! be ever near.
Verse 4
Come, Holy Spirit! like the fire;
With burning zeal our souls inspire;
Come, like the south-wind, breathing balm,
Our joys refresh, our passions calm.
Verse 5
Come, like the sun’s enlightening beam;
Come like the cooling, cleansing stream;
With all thy graces present be:--
Spirit of God! we wait for thee.
William Lindsay Alexander, “Spirit of Pow'r, and Truth, and Love”
Otterbein 1890 No. 173 · L.M · Zephyr
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
Andrew Reed·Modern
Verse 1
Spirit Divine, attend our prayers,
And make this house Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers,
O come, great Spirit, come.
Verse 2
Come as the light; to us reveal
Our emptiness and woe;
And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.
Verse 3
Come as the fire; and purge our hearts,
Like sacrificial flame:
Let our whole soul an offering be
To our Redeemer’s Name.
Verse 4
Come as the dove; and spread Thy wings,
The wings of peaceful love;
And let Thy Church on earth become
Blest as Thy Church above.
Verse 5
Spirit Divine, attend our prayers;
Make a lost world Thy home;
Descend with all Thy gracious powers,
O come, great Spirit, come.
Andrew Reed, “Spirit Divine, Attend Our Prayers”
Presbyterian 1895 No. 52 · C.M. · Lambeth