| Text: | Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart |
| Author: | George Croly |
| Tune: | MORECAMBE |
| Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson |
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.
3 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.
4 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.
5 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.
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| First Line: | Spirit of God, descend upon my heart |
| Title: | Spirit of God, Descend upon My Heart |
| Author: | George Croly (1867) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1990 |
| Scripture: | ; ; ; ; |
| Topic: | Aspiration; Confession; Consecration (5 more...) |
| Tune Information | |
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| Name: | MORECAMBE |
| Composer: | Frederick C. Atkinson (1870) |
| Meter: | 10.10.10.10. |
| Key: | B♭ Major |
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