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Text:The cross is on our brow
Author:William C. Dix
Tune:ST. ANDREW
Composer:Joseph Barnby

369. The cross is on our brow

The cross is on our brow,
Redemption's awful sign:
Come thou, O Holy Spirit, now,
To seal the work divine.

337
Thy sevenfold gifts impart,
O Comforter most sweet:
Inflame with zeal each lukewarm heart,
And guide the trembling feet.

With Pentecostal force
Thy presence let us feel:
With strength, who art thyself its source,
Inspire us as we kneel.

Confirm in us today
The work that thou hast wrought;
Illume the souls with love's pure ray
Which Jesus' blood hath bought.

No earth-forged arms we bear:
Strength, weapons, all are thine:
Accept each vow and hear each prayer,
Blest Trinity divine.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: The cross is on our brow
Author: William C. Dix (1869)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Publication Date: 1916
Topic: Confirmation
Tune Information
Name: ST. ANDREW
Composer: Joseph Barnby (1866)
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Incipit: 33452 33365 43517
Key: E♭ Major



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