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WILLOW RIVER

Meter: 7.6.8.7.8.6.8.6 Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Michael Joncas Tune Key: D Major

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Meter: 7.6.8.7.8.6.8.6 Appears in 10 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God within me, Possess my human frame; Fan the dull embers of my heart, Stir up the living flame: Strive till that image Adam lost, New minted and restored, In shining splendor brightly bears The likeness of the Lord. 2 Spirit of truth within me, Possess my thought and mind; Lighten anew the inward eye By Satan rendered blind: Shine on the words that wisdom speaks And grant me pow'r to see The truth made known to all in Christ, And in that truth be free. 3 Spirit of love within me, Possess my hands and heart; Break through the bonds of self-concern That seeks to stand apart: Grant me the love that suffers long, That hopes, believes and bears; The love fulfilled in sacrifice, That cares as Jesus cares. 4 Spirit of life within me, Possess this life of mine; Come as the wind of heaven's breath, Come as the fire divine! Spirit of Christ, the living Lord, Reign in this house of clay, Till from its dust with Christ I rise To everlasting day. Scripture: John 8:32 Used With Tune: WILLOW RIVER

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Spirit of God within Me

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Gather Comprehensive #468 (1994) Meter: 7.6.8.7.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God within me, Possess my human frame; Fan the dull embers of my heart, Stir up the living flame: Strive till that image Adam lost, New minted and restored, In shining splendor brightly bears The likeness of the Lord. 2 Spirit of truth within me, Possess my thought and mind; Lighten anew the inward eye By Satan rendered blind: Shine on the words that wisdom speaks And grant me pow'r to see The truth made known to all in Christ, And in that truth be free. 3 Spirit of love within me, Possess my hands and heart; Break through the bonds of self-concern That seeks to stand apart: Grant me the love that suffers long, That hopes, believes and bears; The love fulfilled in sacrifice, That cares as Jesus cares. 4 Spirit of life within me, Possess this life of mine; Come as the wind of heaven's breath, Come as the fire divine! Spirit of Christ, the living Lord, Reign in this house of clay, Till from its dust with Christ I rise To everlasting day. Scripture: John 8:32 Languages: English Tune Title: WILLOW RIVER

Spirit of God within Me

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: Worship (4th ed.) #547 (2011) Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God within me, Possess my human frame; Fan the dull embers of my heart, Stir up the living flame. Strive till that image Adam lost, New-minted and restored, In shining splendor brightly bears The likeness of the Lord. 2 Spirit of truth within me, Possess my thought and mind; Lighten anew the inward eye By Satan rendered blind. Shine on the words that wisdom speaks, And grant me pow'r to see The truth made known to all in Christ, And in that truth be free. 3 Spirit of love within me, Possess my hands and heart; Break through the bonds of self-concern That seeks to stand apart. Grant me the love that suffers long, That hopes, believes, and bears, The love fulfilled in sacrifice That cares as Jesus cares. 4 Spirit of life within me, Possess this life of mine; Come as the wind of heaven's breath, Come as the fire divine! Spirit of Christ, the living Lord, Reign in this house of clay, Till from its dust with Christ I rise To everlasting day. Topics: Pentecost Languages: English Tune Title: WILLOW RIVER

Spirit of God within Me

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Hymnal: RitualSong #610 (1996) Meter: 7.6.8.6.8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 1 Spirit of God within me, Possess my human frame; Fan the dull embers of my heart, Stir up the living flame: Strive till that image Adam lost, New minted and restored, In shining splendor brightly bears The likeness of the Lord. 2 Spirit of truth within me, Possess my thought and mind; Lighten anew the inward eye By Satan rendered blind: Shine on the words that wisdom speaks And grant me pow'r to see The truth made known to all in Christ, And in that truth be free. 3 Spirit of love within me, Possess my hands and heart; Break through the bonds of self concern That seeks to stand apart: Grant me the love that suffers long, That hopes, believes and bears; The love fulfilled in sacrifice, That cares as Jesus cares. 4 Spirit of life within me, Possess this life of mine; Come as the wind of heaven's breath, Come as the fire divine! Spirit of Christ, the living Lord, Reign in this house of clay, Till from its dust with Christ I rise To everlasting day. Topics: Christian Life; Holy Spirit; Love for Others; Pentecost; Truth; Vision Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:22-23 Languages: English Tune Title: WILLOW RIVER

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Timothy Dudley-Smith

1926 - 2024 Person Name: Timothy Dudley-Smith, b. 1926 Author of "Spirit of God within Me" in Gather Comprehensive Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church positions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirty-six New Hymns (1988), and A Voice of Singing (1993). The writer of Christian Literature and the Church (1963), Someone Who Beckons (1978), and Praying with the English Hymn Writers (1989), Dudley-Smith has also served on various editorial committees, including the committee that published Psalm Praise (1973). Bert Polman