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Text:Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author:Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Tune:ABRIDGE
Composer:Isaac Smith, 1735 (?)-1800

142. Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

3 And shall we then for ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
And Thine to us so great!

4 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Come, shed abroad the Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove
Author: Dr. Isaac Watts, 1674-1748
Language: English
Publication Date: 1917
Topic: The Godhead: The Holy Spirit; Prayer: For the Spirit; Holy Spirit: Prayer for (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ABRIDGE
Composer: Isaac Smith, 1735 (?)-1800
Meter: C.M.
Key: Eā™­ Major



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