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Blessed Spirit

Blessed Spirit, rest, we pray

Author: J. B. Atchinson
Tune: [Blessed Spirit, rest, we pray]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Blessed Spirit, rest, we pray,
In our Sunday School today;
Teachers now and scholars bless,
Clothe us with Thy righteousness.

2 While we read Thy word divine,
Lord, to Thee our hearts incline;
May we long to know and see,
Blessed Saviour, more of Thee.

3 While our cheerful songs we raise,
Fill our souls with grateful praise;
Grant we all may sing above,
Sweeter songs of endless love.

Source: Joyful Lays: a new collection of songs, prepared and adapted for the Sunday School #13

Author: J. B. Atchinson

Atchinson, Jonathan Bush, born at Wilson, New York, Feb. 17, 1840, and "licensed as a Methodist Preacher," Sept. 6, 1874. Of his hymns the following are the best known:— 1. Behold the stone is rolled away. [Easter.] This was Mr. Atchinson's first hymn. It appeared in the Sunday School Times, Dec. 1874. It is not in use in Great Britain. 2. Fully persuaded, Lord, I believe. [Faith.] Written in 1874 or 1875, and first published in Gospel Hymns, No. 1. It is given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 149, with music by W. F. Sherwin. 3. I have read of a beautiful city. [Heaven.] Written about the same time as the former, and published in Gospel Hymns. It is given in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs & Solos, No. 4… Go to person page >

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First Line: Blessed Spirit, rest, we pray
Title: Blessed Spirit
Author: J. B. Atchinson
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Joyful Lays #13

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