Moravian Book of Worship ‎#492

492. Come Down, O Love Divine

1 Come down, O love divine,
seek now this soul of mine,
and visit it with your own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near,
within my heart appear,
and kindle it, your holy flame bestowing.

2 O let it freely burn,
till worldly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light
shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illuming.

3 And so the yearning strong,
with which the soul will long,
shall far out-pass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace,
till love create the place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes his dwelling.

Text Information

• First Line: Come down, O love divine
• Title: Come Down, O Love Divine
• Author: Bianco da Siena
• Translator: Richard F. Littledale (1867)
• Meter: 6.6.11.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1995
• Scripture:
  John 14:15-25
  ;
  Acts 1:8
  ;
  Acts 2:1-13
• Topic: Spirit and Sustainer; Holy Spirit; Holy Spirit--Illumination

Tune Information

• Name: DOWN AMPNEY
• Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, 1872-1958
• Meter: 6.6.11.D.
• Key: D Major
• Source: From the English Hymnal (1906)
• Copyright: Used by permission of Oxford University Press