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Hymns / Music :: Holy Ghost, Come Down Upon Thy Children

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"He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon Him." Matthew 3:16

Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity
of the Cyber Hymnal Website

Frederick William Faber, 1860 Words: Frederick William Faber, Oratory Hymns, 1854.

Music: "Bossiney," Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934)


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Gustav Theodore Holst (1874-1934)

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Holy Ghost, come down upon Thy children,
Give us grace and make us Thine;
Thy tender fires within us kindle,
Blessèd Spirit, Dove divine.

For all within us good and holy
Is from Thee, Thy precious gift;
In all our joys, in all our sorrows,
Wistful hearts to Thee we lift.

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For Thou to us art more than Father,
More than sister, in Thy love,
So gentle, patient, and forbearing,
Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove.

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O we have grieved Thee, gracious Spirit!
Wayward, wanton, cold are we;
And still our sins, new every morning,
Never yet have wearied Thee.

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Ah! Sweet Consoler, though we cannot
Love Thee as Thou lovest us,
Yet if Thou deign'st our hearts to kindle
They will not be always thus.

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With hearts so vile how dare we venture,
King of kings, to love Thee so?
And how canst Thou, with such compassion,
Bear so long with things so low?

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