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Text:Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:STEPHENS
Composer:William Jones

173. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 See, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go
To reach eternal joys!

3 Dear Lord! and shall we always live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so cold, so faint to Thee,
And Thine to us so great?

4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Holy Spirit: Mocked; Holy Spirit: Worshiped; Lukewarmness (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: STEPHENS
Composer: William Jones
Meter: C. M.



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