The Hymnbook ‎#239

239. 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 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

3 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold 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
• Title: Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
• Author: Isaac Watts (1707)
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1955
• Scripture:
  Matthew 3:16
  ;
  Romans 5:5
  ;
  1 John 4:19
• Topic: Aspiration; Spirit, The Holy

Tune Information

• Name: ST. AGNES
• Composer: John B. Dykes (1866)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major