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Text:Pour out your Spirit from on high
Author:James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Tune:MELCOMBE
Composer:Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816

581. Pour out your Spirit from on high

1 Pour out your Spirit from on high;
Lord, your assembled servants bless;
graces and gifts to each supply,
and clothe your priests with righteousness.

2 All wisdom, zeal and faith impart,
and strength, with meekness from above,
to bear your people in our heart,
and love each soul with faithful love.

3 To watch and pray and never faint;
by day and night strict guard to keep;
to warn and cheer both sinner, saint,
nourish your lambs and feed your sheep.

4 Then, when our work is finished here,
in humble hope our charge resign:
when the good Shepherd shall appear,
in you we rest, O Love divine.

Text Information
First Line: Pour out your Spirit from on high
Title: Pour out your Spirit from on high
Author: James Montgomery, 1771-1854
Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Holy Spirit: gifts of; Jesus Christ: Shepherd; Sacraments and Ordinances: Ordination / Commissioning (1 more...)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MELCOMBE
Composer: Samuel Webbe, the elder, 1740-1816
Meter: 8 8 8 8 LM
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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