1 Pour out Your Spirit from on high;
Lord, Your ordained servants bless;
graces and gifts to each supply,
and clothe Your priests with righteousness.
2 Within the temple when they stand
to teach the gospel full and free,
Saviour, like stars in Your right hand
the angels of the churches be.
3 Wisdom and zeal and faith impart,
firmness with meekness, from above,
to bear Your people on their heart,
and love the souls You hold in love.
4 To watch and pray and never faint,
by day and night strict guard to keep,
to warn the sinner, cheer the saint,
nourish Your lambs and feed Your sheep.
5 Then when their work is finished here,
in humble hope their work is done,
when the Chief Shepherd shall appear,
in Him may they and we be one.
Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymbook #484
James Montgomery (b. Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, 1771; d. Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, 1854), the son of Moravian parents who died on a West Indies mission field while he was in boarding school, Montgomery inherited a strong religious bent, a passion for missions, and an independent mind. He was editor of the Sheffield Iris (1796-1827), a newspaper that sometimes espoused radical causes. Montgomery was imprisoned briefly when he printed a song that celebrated the fall of the Bastille and again when he described a riot in Sheffield that reflected unfavorably on a military commander. He also protested against slavery, the lot of boy chimney sweeps, and lotteries. Associated with Christians of various persuasions, Montgomery supported missio… Go to person page >
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