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Text:Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Author:George Croly
Tune:MORECAMBE
Composer:Frederick Cook Atkinson

326. Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart

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 Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King;
All, all Thine own: soul, heart, and strength and mind?
I see Thy cross; there teach my heart to cling.
O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!

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 heaven-descended Dove,
My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame.

Text Information
First Line: Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
Title: Spirit of God, Descend Upon My Heart
Author: George Croly (1854)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Language: English
Publication Date: 1990
Scripture:
Tune Information
Name: MORECAMBE
Composer: Frederick Cook Atkinson (1870)
Meter: 10.10.10.10
Key: C Major



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