Spirit of truth, indwelling Light

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Spirit of truth, indwelling Light

Author: John Ernest Bode
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Spirit of Truth, indwelling Light,
For ever in our souls abide;
Open our eyes to see aright,
Into all truth our footsteps guide.

2 Spirit of Comfort and of Love,
Come to our hearts with soothing spell!
Our troubled thought, our fears remove,
With us for ever deign to dwell.

3 Sent from the Father by the Son,
Come forth, our Guide to Them to be,
For Thou, we know, with Them art Once,
And we have Them in having Thee.

4 A peace the world has not to give
Is theirs who do the Saviour's will;
Help Thou us more to Him to live,
And with His peace our spirits fill.

Source: Churches of Christ Hymn Book #181

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Author: John Ernest Bode

John E. Bode (b. St. Pancras, England, 1816; d. Castle Camps, Cambridgeshire, England, 1874) A fine student at Christ Church, Oxford, England, and a prominent scholar who gave the famous Bampton Lectures ("for the exposition and defense of the Christian faith") at Oxford in 1855, was a rector in Westwell, Oxfordshire, and in Castle Camps. This gifted poet and hymn writer published Hymns for the Gospel of the Day, for Each Sunday and Festivals of Our Lord in 1860. Bert Polman… Go to person page >

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