Holy Ghost

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Holy Ghost, the Infinite

Author: George Rawson (1853)
Published in 85 hymnals

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1 Holy Ghost, the Infinite,
Shine upon our nature's night
With Thy blessed holy light,
Comforter Divine.

2 We are sinful, cleanse us, Lord;
We are faint, Thy strength afford;
Lost, until by Thee restored,
Comforter Divine.

3 Like the dew, Thy peace distil;
Guide, subdue our wayward will,
Things of Christ unfolding still,
Comforter Divine.

4 In us, for us, intercede,
And with voiceless groanings plead
Our unutterable need,
Comforter Divine.

5 In us "Abba, Father," cry,
Earnest of our bliss on high,
Seal of immortality,
Comforter Divine.

6 Search for us the depths of God;
Lead us by the narrow road
To the height of Thine abode,
Comforter Divine.

Source: The New Christian Hymnal #118

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Author: George Rawson

Born: June 5, 1807, Leeds, England. Died: March 25, 1889, Clifton, England. Buried: Arno’s Vale Cemetery, Bristol, England. Pseudonym: A Leeds Layman. Rawson, George, was born June 5, 1807, at Leeds, in which town he practised for many years as a solicitor. In 1853 he assisted the Congregational ministers of Leeds in the compilation of Psalms, Hymns, and Passages of Scripture for Christian Worship, a volume commonly known as the Leeds Hymn-book. Mr. Rawson was a member of the Congregational body. In 1858 he also assisted Rev. Dr. Green and other Baptist ministers in the preparation of Psalms and Hymns for the use of the Baptist Denomination. A number of Mr. Rawson's own compositions first appeared in this and in the Leeds Hymn-boo… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Holy Ghost, the Infinite
Title:	Holy Ghost
Author:	George Rawson (1853)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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Notes

Holy Spirit, Infinite. An altered and abbreviated form of G. Rawson's "Come to our poor nature's night," p, 253, i,, in the American Pilgrim Hymnal, 1904.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)

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