The Voice of Praise ‎#664

664. Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove! With all thy quickening powers

1 Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove!
With all thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of heavenly love
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.

3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
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?

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

Text Information

• First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove! With all thy quickening powers
• Author: Watts
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1873
• Scripture:
  Genesis 1:1-2
  ;
  Psalm 77:7-9
  ;
  Psalm 85:6
  ;
  Romans 5:5
• Topic: The Christian Life: Declension and Renewal; Invocation for Spiritual Help

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