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Text:Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Author:George Croly, 1780-1860
Tune:MORECAMBE
Composer:Frederick C. Atkinson

486. Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart

1 Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, strength to me impart,
And make me love you as I ought to love.

2 I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
No sudden rending of the veil of clay,
No angel visitant, no op'ning skies;
But take the dimness of my soul away.

3 Have you not bid me love you, God and King;
All, all your own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind?
I see your cross; there teach my heart to cling.
Oh, let me seek you and, oh, let me find!

4 Teach me to love you as your angels love,
One holy passion filling all my frame:
The baptism of the heav'n-descended dove,
My heart an altar, and your love the flame.

Text Information
First Line: Spirit of God descend upon my heart
Title: Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart
Author: George Croly, 1780-1860
Meter: 20 20 20 20
Language: English
Publication Date: 1978
Topic: Commitment; Inner Life
Tune Information
Name: MORECAMBE
Composer: Frederick C. Atkinson
Meter: 20 20 20 20
Key: B♭ Major



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