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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · Sep 6, 1883

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 9, No. 34.

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COME HOLY SPIRIT.

By F. W. Faber

COME, Holy Spirit! from the height Of heaven send down thy blessed light! Come, Father of the friendless poor! Giver of gifts, and Light of hearts, Come with that unction which imparts Such consolations as endure.
The soul's Refreshment, and her Guest, Shelter in heat, in labor Rest, The sweetest Solace in our woe! Come, blissful Light! oh, come and fill, In all thy faithful heart and will, And make our inward fervor glow.
Where thou art, Lord, there is no ill, For evil's self thy light can kill; Oh, let that light upon us rise! Lord! heal our wounds, and cleanse our stains, Fountain of grace! and with thy rains Our barren spirits fertilize.
Bend with thy fires our stubborn will, And quicken what the world would chill, And homeward call the feet that stray; Virtue's reward, and final grace, The Eternal Vision face to face, Spirit of Love! for these we pray.
Come, Holy Spirit! bid us live; To those who trust thy mercy give Joys that through endless ages flow; Thy various gifts, foretastes of Heaven, Those that are named thy sacred seven, On us, O God of love, bestow. —F. W. Faber.