Influences of the Spirit implored.
O THOU that hearest prayer!
Attend our humble cry;
And let thy servants share
Thy blessing from on high:
We plead the promise of thy word,
Grant us thy Holy Spirit, Lord!
2 If earthly parents hear
Their children when they cry;
If they, with love sincere,
Their children's wants supply;
Much more wilt thou thy love display,
And answer when thy children pray.
3 Our heavenly Father thou-
We-children of thy grace-
Oh let thy Spirit now
Descend and fill the place;
So shall we feel the heavenly flame,
And all unite to praise thy name.
HOLY GHOST, dispel our sadness, Pierce the clouds of nature's night; Come, thou source of joy and gladness, Breathe thy life—and spread thy light.
2 Author of our new creation,
Bid us all thine influence prove;
Make our souls thy habitation;
Shed abroad the Saviour's love.
COME, divine and peaceful Guest,
Enter each devoted breast;
Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Kindle there the gospel fire.
2 Bid our sin and sorrow cease;
Fill us with thy heavenly peace;
Joy divine we then shall prove,
Light of truth-and fire of love.
Influences of the Spirit implored.
GRACIOUS Spirit-Love divine!
Let thy light within me shine;
All my guilty fears remove,
Fill me with thy heavenly love.
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.
3 Life and peace to me impart;
Seal salvation on my heart:
Breathe thyself into my breast,
Earnest of immortal rest.
4 Let me never from thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Fill my soul with joy divine;
Keep me, Lord, forever thine.
SAVIOUR, I thy word believe,
My unbelief remove;
Now thy quickening Spirit give,
The unction from above:
Show me, Lord, how good thou art;
Now thy gracious word fulfil;
Send the witness to my heart,
The Holy Ghost reveal.
2 Blessed Comforter, come down,
And live and move in me;
Make my every deed thine own,
In all things led by thee:
Bid my sin and fear depart,
And, within, oh deign to dwell;
Faithful Witness, in my heart
Thy perfect light reveal.
3 Whom the world cannot receive,
O Lord, reveal in me;
Son of God, I cease to live,
Unless I live to thee:
Make me choose the better part;
Oh, do thou my pardon seal;
Send the witness to my heart,
The Holy Ghost reveal.
Influences of the Spirit implored.
WHY should the children of a King
Go mourning all their days?
Great Comforter! descend, and bring
Some tokens of thy grace.
2 Dost thou not dwell in all thy saints,
And seal them heirs of heaven?
When wilt thou banish my complaints,
And show my sins forgiven?
3 Assure my conscience of her part
In my Redeemer's blood;
And bear thy witness with my heart,
That I am born of God.
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.
Influences of the Spirit implored. THE Spirit, like a peaceful dove,
Flies from the realms of noise and strife: Why should we vex and grieve his love, Who seals our souls to heavenly life! 2 Tender and kind be all our thoughts; Through all our lives let mercy run; So God forgives our numerous faults, Through grace abounding in the Son.
The Spirit entreated not to depart.
STAY, thou insulted Spirit-stay!
Though I have done thee such despite ;
Cast not a sinner quite away,
Nor take thine everlasting flight.
2 Though I have most unfaithful been
Of all who e'er thy grace received;
Ten thousand times thy goodness seen,
Ten thousand times thy goodness grieved;
3 Yet, oh! the chief of sinners spare,
In honor of my great High Priest;
Nor, in thy righteous anger, swear
I shall not see thy people's rest.
4 My weary soul, O God, release,
Uphold me with thy gracious hand;
Guide me into thy perfect peace,
And bring me to the promised land.
Prayer for the Return of the Spirit.
O LORD, and shall our fainting souls,
Thy just displeasure ever mourn;
Thy Spirit, grieved, and long withdrawn,
Will he no more to us return?
2 Great Source of light and peace, return,
Nor let us mourn and sigh in vain ;
Come, repossess these longing hearts
With all the graces of thy train.
3 This temple, hallowed by thine hand,
Once more be with thy presence blest:
Here be thy grace anew displayed,
Be this thine everlasting rest.
LORD, in the temples of thy grace,
Thy saints behold thy smiling face;
Here have we seen thy glory shine
With power and majesty divine.
2 Return, O Lord-our spirits cry-
Our graces droop-our comforts die;
Return, and let thy glories rise
Again to our admiring eyes;-
3 Till, filled with light, and joy, and love,
Thy courts below, like those above,
Triumphant hallelujahs raise,
While heaven and earth resound thy praise.
WARNINGS AND INVITATIONS OF THE GOSPEL.
The Wretchedness of the Wicked.
THEY must be as the troubled sea,
They cannot rest who know not Thee,
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