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Text:Eternal Spirit, We Confess
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:LUTON
Composer:George Burder
Media:MIDI file

1360. Eternal Spirit, We Confess

1. Eternal Spirit! we confess
And sing the wonders of Thy grace
Thy power conveys our blessings down
From God the Father and the Son.

2. Enlightened by Thine heav’nly ray,
Our shades and darkness turn to day;
Thine inward teachings make us know
Our danger and our refuge too.

3. Thy power and glory work within,
And break the chains of reigning sin;
Do our imperious lusts subdue,
And form our wretched hearts anew.

4. The troubled conscience knows Thy voice,
Thy cheering words awake our joys;
Thy words allay the stormy wind,
And calm the surges of the mind.

Text Information
First Line: Eternal Spirit! we confess
Title: Eternal Spirit, We Confess
Author: Isaac Watts (1707-9)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 133
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LUTON
Composer: George Burder (1774)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 55654 32111 76543
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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