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HOLY SPIRIT SDA HYMNAL (1985)

SDAH 257: Come Down, O Love Divine

HOLY SPIRIT

SDAH 257

Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

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1
Come down, O Love divine, seek thou this soul of mine
and visit it with thine own ardor glowing;
O Comforter, draw near, within my heart appear,
and kindle it, thy holy flame bestowing.

2
O let it freely burn, till earthly passions turn
to dust and ashes in its heat consuming;
and let thy glorious light shine ever on my sight,
and clothe me round, the while my path illumining.

3
Let holy charity Mine outward vesture be,
And lowliness become my inner clothing;
True lowliness of heart which takes the humbler part,
And o’er its own shortcomings weeps with loathing.

4
And so the yearning strong with which the soul will long
shall far outpass the power of human telling;
for none can guess its grace, till Love create a place
wherein the Holy Spirit makes a dwelling.

Hymn Info
Hymn Info


Biblical Information
(a) John 14:16 (b) Matt 3:11 (c) Eph 4:2 (d) 1 Cor 3:16
 
Author
Bianco da Siena (?-1434)
 
Translator
Tr. Richard F. Littledale, 1867 (1833-1890)
 
Topic
Holy Spirit
 
Copyright Information
Music from The English Hymnal by permission of Oxford University Press

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