English

Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

Composer
Frederick Cook Atkinson
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Verse 1

Spirit of God, descend upon my heart; Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move; Stoop to my weakness, mighty as thou art, And make me love thee as I ought to love.

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

Hast thou not bid us love thee, God and King? All, all thine own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind; I see thy cross: there teach my heart to cling; O let me seek thee, and O let me find!

Holy Spirit

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Text Rights
Public Domain The Army and Navy Hymnal (1920), hymn no. 29, scan page 56 (https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:The_Army_and_Navy_Hymnal.djvu/56). Credit as printed: Rev. George Crowly, 1854 (George Croly). Text author: George Croly (1780–1860; dates from Wikidata Q4241808, linked from the Wikisource author page). Published in the United States before 1931 and the author died more than 70 years ago (1860): public domain.
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