My smile beneath the tyrant's frown;
In shame, my glory and my crown:
4 In want, my plentiful supply;

In weakness, my almighty power;
In bonds, my perfect liberty;

My light, in Satan's darkest hour;
In grief, my joy unspeakable;
My life in death, my all in all.

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THE HOLY SPIRIT.

"Come, Holy Spirit, Come!"

C. M.

1 SPIRIT Divine! attend our prayer,

And make our hearts thy home; Descend with all thy gracious power: Come, Holy Spirit, come!

2 Come as the light: to us reveal
Our sinfulness and woe;

And lead us in those paths of life
Where all the righteous go.

3 Come as the fire, and purge our hearts,
Like sacrificial flame:

Let our whole soul an offering be

To our Redeemer's name.

4 Come as the dew, and sweetly bless
This consecrated hour;

May barrenness rejoice to own
Thy fertilizing power.

5 Come as the wind, with rushing sound,
With Pentecostal grace;

And make the great salvation known,
Wide as the human race.

6 Spirit Divine, attend our prayer,
And make our hearts thy home;
Descend with all thy gracious power:
Come, Holy Spirit, come!

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The Descent of the Spirit.

S. M.

1 LORD God, the Holy Ghost,

In this accepted hour,
As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all thy power.

2 We meet with one accord
In our appointed place,
And wait the promise of our Lord,

The Spirit of all grace.

3 Like mighty rushing wind

Upon the waves beneath,

Move with one impulse every mind,
One soul, one feeling, breathe.

4 The young, the old inspire

With wisdom from above;

And give us hearts and tongues of fire
To pray, and praise, and love.

5 Spirit of light, explore,

And chase our gloom away,
With lustre shining more and more
Unto the perfect day.

6 Spirit of truth, be thou

In life and death our guide;
O Spirit of adoption, now
May we be sanctified.

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To the Holy Spirit.

1 CREATOR Spirit, by whose aid

The world's foundations first were laid,
Come, visit every waiting mind;
Come, pour thy joys on human kind.

2 Thrice holy fount, thrice holy fire,
Our hearts with heavenly love inspire;
Come, and thy sacred unction bring
To sanctify us, while we sing.

3 0 Source of uncreated light,
The Father's promised Paraclete,
From sin and sorrow set us free,
And make us temples worthy thee!

L. M.

4 Our frailties help, our vice control, Subdue the senses to the soul;

And when rebellious they are grown,
Then lay thy hand and hold them down.
5 Chase from our mind th' infernal foe,
And peace, the fruit of love bestow;
And lest our feet should step astray,
Protect and guide us in the way.

6 Make us eternal truths receive,
And practise all that we believe;
Give us thyself, that we may see
The Father and the Son, by thee.

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The Gift of the Spirit.

1 ENTHRONED on high, Almighty Lord,
The Holy Ghost send down;
Fulfil in us thy faithful word,

And all thy mercies crown.

2 Though on our heads no tongues of fire
Their wondrous powers impart,
Grant, Saviour, what we more desire,
Thy Spirit in our heart.

3 Spirit of life, and light, and love,
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,
That we in Christ may live.

C. M.

4 To our benighted minds reveal

The glories of his grace,

And bring us where no clouds conceal
The brightness of his face.

5 His love within us shed abroad,
Life's ever-springing well;
Till God in us, and we in God,
In love eternal dwell.

1 SPIRIT, poured on Pentecost,
Comforter and Holy Ghost,

Resting on the eternal Son,
Holy, uncreated One!

Breath of life, thine aid impart,
Waken every slumbering heart,
Every grovelling soul refine,
With thy power and grace divine.

2 Sanctifier, seal our hearts

With the truth thy word imparts;
Sacred truths and themes instil,
And thy pleasure all fulfil;

There let Christ replace his throne,
And possess us for his own,

Till our bodies all shall be
Temples to thy Deity.

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