International Song Service ‎#178

178. Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove

1 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers,
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours,
In these cold hearts of ours.

2 Look how we grovel here below,
Fond of these trifling toys:
Our souls can neither fly nor go
To reach eternal joys,
To reach eternal joys.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies,
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor dying rate,
Our love so faint, so cold to Thee,
And Thine to us so great,
And Thine to us so great.

5 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Saviour's love,
And that shall kindle ours,
And that shall kindle ours.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1895

Tune Information

• Name: COME, HOLY SPIRIT
• Composer: Thomas Hastings (1784-1872) 1837
• Key: A♭ Major