2367. Holy Ghost, Come Down upon Thy Children

Refrain
Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy children,
Give us grace and make us Thine;
Thy tender fires within us kindle,
Blessèd Spirit, Dove divine.

1. For all within us good and holy
Is from Thee, Thy precious gift;
In all our joys, in all our sorrows,
Wistful hearts to Thee we lift. [Refrain]

2. For Thou to us art more than Father,
More than sister, in Thy love,
So gentle, patient, and forbearing,
Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove. [Refrain]

3. O we have grieved Thee, gracious Spirit!
Wayward, wanton, cold are we;
And still our sins, new every morning,
Never yet have wearied Thee. [Refrain]

4. Ah! Sweet Consoler, though we cannot
Love Thee as Thou lovest us,
Yet if Thou deign’st our hearts to kindle
They will not be always thus. [Refrain]

5. With hearts so vile how dare we venture,
King of kings, to love Thee so?
And how canst Thou, with such compassion,
Bear so long with things so low? [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: For all within us good and holy
Title: Holy Ghost, Come Down upon Thy Children
Author: Frederick Faber (1854)
Refrain First Line: Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy children
Meter: irr.
Language: English
Source: Oratory Hymns, 1854
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: BOSSINEY
Composer: Gustav Theodore Holst (1906)
Meter: irr.
Incipit: 15432 32154 33234
Key: F Major
Source: The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 571
Copyright: Public Domain



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