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Isaac Watts·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Why should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter, descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
Verse 2
Dost thou not dwell in all the saints,
And seal the heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?
Verse 3
Assure my conscience of her part
In the Redeemer’s blood;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
Verse 4
Thou art the earnest of his love,
The pledge of joys to come;
And thy soft wings, celestial Dove,
Will safe convey me home.
Isaac Watts, “Why Should the Children of a King”
Otterbein 1890 No. 169 · C.M · Arlington
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
John Stocker·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Gracious Spirit, love divine,
Let thy light within me shine;
All my guilty fears remove,
Fill me full of heaven and love.
Verse 2
Speak thy pardoning grace to me,
Set the burdened sinner free;
Lead me to the Lamb of God,
Wash me in his precious blood.
Verse 3
Life and peace to me impart!
Seal salvation on my heart;
Breathe thyself into my breast,
Earnest of immortal rest.
Verse 4
Let me never from thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Fill my soul with joy divine,
Keep me, Lord, forever thine.
John Stocker, “Gracious Spirit, Love Divine”
Otterbein 1890 No. 172 · 7s · Pleyel
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage
Joseph Hart·Post-Reformation
Verse 1
Come, Holy Spirit, come;
Let thy bright beams arise,
Dispel the sorrow from our minds,
The darkness from our eyes.
Verse 2
Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove,
And kindle in our breasts the flame
Of never dying love.
Verse 3
’Tis thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in ev’ry part,
And new create the whole.
Verse 4
Dwell, Spirit, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free.
Then shall we know, and praise, and love,
The Father, Son, and thee.
Joseph Hart, “Come, Holy Spirit, Come”
Otterbein 1890 No. 174 · S.M · Whitefield
Not yet anchored to a scripture passage