Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-book #255 (1918) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 See how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go
To reach eternal joys!
3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor, dying rate--
Our love so cold, so faint to Thee,
And Thine to us so great?
5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
And that shall kindle ours. Topics: Pentecost Languages: English
Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove