COME, HOLY SPIRIT, COME (Hart)

“When the Comforter is come, Whom I will send unto you from the Father, even the Spirit of truth…He shall testify of Me.” John 15:26


Samuel S. Wesley (1810-1876)
Words: Jo­seph Hart, Hymns Com­posed on Var­i­ous Sub­jects, with the Au­thor’s Ex­per­i­ence (Lon­don: 1759).

Music: Cam­bridge, Ralph Har­ris­on, 1784; ar­ranged by Sam­u­el S.Wes­ley, 1872 (MI­DI, score). Al­ter­nate tunes:

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Come, Holy Spirit, come;
Let Thy bright beams arise;
Dispel the darkness from our minds,
And open all our eyes.

Cheer our desponding hearts,
Thou heav’nly Paraclete;
Give us to lie with humble hope
At our Redeemer’s feet.

Revive our drooping faith;
Our doubts and fears remove;
And kindle in our breasts the flames
Of never dying love.

Convince us of our sin;
Then lead to Jesus’ blood,
And to our wond’ring view reveal
The secret love of God.

Show us that loving Man
That rules the courts of bliss,
The Lord of Hosts, the Mighty God,
The Eternal Prince of Peace.

’Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,
To pour fresh life in every part,
And new create the whole.

Dwell, therefore, in our hearts;
Our minds from bondage free;
Then we shall know and praise and love
The Father, Son, and Thee.

11/08/2007 12:05:41