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Text: | Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart |
Author: | George Croly, 1780-1860 |
Tune: | MORECAMBE |
Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson, 1841-1897 |
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.
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.
3 Teach me to feel that thou art always nigh;
teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
to check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
4 Teach me to love thee as thine angels love,
one holy passion filling all my frame;
the baptism of the heav'n-descended Dove,
my heart an altar, and thy love the flame.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Spirit of God, descend upon my heart |
Title: | Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart |
Author: | George Croly, 1780-1860 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 2013 |
Topic: | Adversity; Assurance; Attentiveness(5 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MORECAMBE |
Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson, 1841-1897 |
Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
Key: | B♭ Major |