Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#129

129. Spirit of God, descend up on 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 I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
No sudden rending of the veil of clay,
No angel visitant, no opening skies;
But take the dimness of my soul away. A-men.

3 Hast thou not bid me 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!

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.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Spirit of God, descend up on my heart
• Author: George Croly, 1780 - 1860
• Meter: 10 10, 10 10.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: The Church Year: Pentecost - The Holy Ghost; The Life in Christ: Aspiration; The Life In Christ: The Inner Life

Tune Information

• Name: MORECAMBE
• Composer (attributed to): Frederick Cook Atkinson, 1841 - 97
• Meter: 10 10, 10 10.
• Key: C Major