Holy Spirit, Lord of glory

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1 Holy Spirit, Lord of glory,
Look on us Thy flock to-day;
Meekly kneeling at Thy footstool
For Thy sev'n-fold gifts we pray;
Guide us all our earthly journey
In the true and narrow way.

2 Foes on ev'ry hand are round us,
And our hearts are weak and frail;
Gird us with Thy heav'nly armor;
Never let us yield or quail;
Give us vict'ry in the struggle
When the hosts of sin assail.

3 Lead us by Thy guiding presence
Through the waste, with danger rife;
Feed us with the heavenly manna,
That we faint not in the strife;
Slake the thirst of weary spirits
From the living well of life.

4 Looking ever unto Jesus,
Leaning on His staff and rod,
May we follow in His footsteps,
Tread the path that He has trod,
Till we dwell with Him forever
In the Paradise with God.

Amen.

Source: The Hymnal and Order of Service #254

Author: Robert Hall Baynes

Baynes, Robert Hall, M.A., s. of the Rev. Joseph Baynes, b. at Wellington, Somerset, Mar. 10, 1831, and educated at St. Edmund Hall, Oxford, graduating B.A. 1856, and M.A. 1859. Ordained in 1855, he held successively the Curacy of Christ Church, Blackfriars, the P. Curacy of St. Paul's, Whitechapel; of Holy Trinity, Maidstone, and of St. Michael's, Coventry. In 1870 he was Bp. designate of Madagascar; but resigned in 1871. In 1873 he was appointed Hon. Canon of Worcester Cathedral, and in 1880 Vicar of Holy Trinity, Folkestone. Canon Baynes is more widely known as the compiler of some most successful books of sacred poetry than as an original hymn-writer, although some of his hymns are of considerable merit, and are in extensive use. Of the… Go to person page >

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First Line: Holy Spirit, Lord of glory
Author: Robert Hall Baynes
Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Holy Spirit, Lord of glory. R. H. Baynes. [Confirmation.] Printed in the Churchman's Shilling Magazine, May, 1868; and again in the author's Autumn Memories & Other Verses, 1869, in 5 stanzas of 6 lines. In 1871 it was included with slight alterations in the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge Church Hymns, and again in other hymnals.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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