The New Sabbath School Hosanna ‎#181d

181d. 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 Look, how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys!
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.

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

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate,--
Our love as faint, so cold to thee,
And thine to us so great?

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

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly dove
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1870
• Notes: Tune for 114 in "American Sunday School Hymn Book" (ASS1860a). [Tune, p. 136].

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