348. Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire

1 Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
Let us thine influence prove;
Source of the old prophetic fire,
Fountain of life and love.

2 Come, Holy Ghost--for, moved by thee,
Thy prophets wrote and spoke--
Unlock the truth, thyself the key,
Unseal the sacred book.

3 Expand thy wings, celestial Dove,
Brood o'er our nature's night;
On our disordered spirits move,
And let there now be light.

4 God, through himself, we then shall know,
If thou within us shine;
And sound, with all thy saints below,
The depths of love divine.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire
Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-88
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Topic: Gradual; Pentecost or Whitsunday
Tune Information
Name: CREDITON
Composer: Thomas Clark, 1775-1859
Harmonizer: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958
Meter: CM
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Harm. By permission of Oxford University Press (from "Enlarged Songs of Praise")



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