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Our Blest Redeemer
John 14:17
ST. CUTHBERT | Bible Passage
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Harriet Auber, 1773-1862 |
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John B. Dykes, 1823-1876 |
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Our blest Redeemer, ere He breathed
His tender last farewell,
A Guide, a Comforter, bequeathed
With us to dwell.
He came in semblance of a dove,
With shelt'ring wings outspread,
The holy balm of peace and love
On earth to shed.
He came in tongues of living flame,
To teach, convince, subdue;
All-pow'rful as the wind He came,
As viewless too.
He came sweet influ'nce to impart,
A gracious willing guest,
While He can find one humble heart
Wherein to rest.
And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of ev'n,
That checks each fault, that calms each fear,
And speaks of heav'n.
And ev'ry virtue we possess,
And ev'ry conquest won,
And ev'ry thought of holiness,
Are His alone.
Spirit of purity and grace,
Our weakness, pitying, see:
O make our hearts Thy dwelling-place,
And worthier Thee.
BIBLE PASSAGE:
17 Even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
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