"The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost." Romans 5:5
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Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707.
Music: "St. Agnes," John Bacchus Dykes, 1866
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Words: Isaac Watts, Hymns and Sacred Songs, 1707.
Music: "St. Agnes," John Bacchus Dykes, 1866
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Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quick'ning powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys;
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys.
In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
Dear Lord! and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
And Thine to us so great!
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quick'ning powers;
Come, shed abroad the Savior's love
And that shall kindle ours.
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