The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#484

484. Pour out Your Spirit from on high

1 Pour out Your Spirit from on high;
Lord, Your ordained servants bless;
graces and gifts to each supply,
and clothe Your priests with righteousness.

2 Within the temple when they stand
to teach the gospel full and free,
Saviour, like stars in Your right hand
the angels of the churches be.

3 Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,
firmness with meekness, from above,
to bear Your people on their heart,
and love the souls You hold in love.

4 To watch and pray and never faint,
by day and night strict guard to keep,
to warn the sinner, cheer the saint,
nourish Your lambs and feed Your sheep.

5 Then when their work is finished here,
in humble hope their work is done,
when the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
in Him may they and we be one.

Text Information

• First Line: Pour out Your Spirit from on high
• Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854 (alt.)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Source: Alt.: Compilers

Tune Information

• Name: MAINZER
• Composer: Joseph Mainzer, 1801-1851
• Meter: LM
• Key: C Major
• Source: Mainzer's Choruses, 1841; Harm. Compilers of Church Hymnary, 1898