TEXTS TUNES AUTHORS HYMNALS


Text information
Title:Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
Author:Christopher Wordsworth (1862)
Meter:7.7.7.5
Scripture:1 Corinthians 13
Topic:Love; Spiritual Gifts; Holy Spirit
Language:English
First Line:Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
Tune information
Title:ANDERSON
Composer:Jane Manton Marshall (1985)
Meter:7.7.7.5
Key:C Major
Copyright:Copyright © 1985 by Hope Publishing Company, Carol Stream, IL 60188. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
Full text
1 Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost,
Taught by You, we covet most
Of Your gifts at Pentecost
Holy, heavenly Love.

2 Love is kind, and suffers long
Love is meek, and thinks no wrong,
Love than death itself more strong;
Therefore, give us Love.

3 Prophecy will fade away,
Melting in the light of day,
Love will ever with us stay;
Therefore, give us Love.

4 Faith and hope and love we see
Joining hand in hand agree;
But the greatest of the three,
And the best, is Love.