Text: | Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart |
Author: | George Croly, 1780-1860 |
Tune: | MORECAMBE |
Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson |
1 Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;
Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, strength to me impart,
And make me love you 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 op'ning skies;
But take the dimness of my soul away.
3 Have you not bid me love you, God and King;
All, all your own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind?
I see your cross; there teach my heart to cling.
Oh, let me seek you and, oh, let me find!
4 Teach me to love you as your angels love,
One holy passion filling all my frame:
The baptism of the heav'n-descended dove,
My heart an altar, and your love the flame.
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: | 20 20 20 20 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1978 |
Topic: | Commitment; Inner Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | MORECAMBE |
Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson |
Meter: | 20 20 20 20 |
Key: | B♭ Major |