The Heart Purified to Unfeigned Love of the Brethren by the Spirit

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Great Spirit of immortal love

Author: Philip Doddridge
Tune: DISTRESS
Published in 26 hymnals

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1 Great spirit of immortal love,
Vouchsafe our frozen hearts to move;
With ardor strong these breasts inflame
To all that own a Savior's name.

2 Still let the heavenly fire endure
Fervent and vigorous, true and pure:
Let every heart and every hand
Join in the dear fraternal band.

3 Celestial dove, descend, and bring
The smiling blessings on thy wing:
And make us taste those sweets below
Which in the blissful mansions grow.

Source: A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CCLVI

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Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Great Spirit of immortal love
Title:	The Heart Purified to Unfeigned Love of the Brethren by the Spirit
Author:	Philip Doddridge
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain