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Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
MORECAMBE | Same-Tune Hymns
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Author: |  |
George Croly, 1780-1860 |
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Musician: | |
Frederick C. Atkinson, 1841-1897 |
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Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.
I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
No sudden rending of the veil of clay,
No angel visitant, no opening skies;
But take the dimness of my soul away.
Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King?
All, all Thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind.
I see Thy cross— there teach my heart to cling:
O let me seek Thee, and O let me find.
Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;
Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love,
One holy passion filling all my frame;
The baptism of the heav'ndescended Dove,
My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame.
OTHER HYMNS with the SAME TUNE:
• Not What I Am, O Lord Horatius Bonar, 1808-1889
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