The Spirit Invoked

Come, Sacred Spirit, from above

Author: Philip Doddridge
Published in 92 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Come, Sacred Spirit, from above,
And fill the coldest heart with love;
Soften to flesh the rugged stone,
And let Thy god-like power be known.

2 Speak Thou, and from the haughtiest eyes
Shall floods of pious sorrow rise;
While all their glowing souls are borne
To seek that grace which now they scorn.

3 O let a holy flock await,
Numerous around Thy temple-gate,
Each pressing on with zeal to be
A living sacrifice to Thee.

Source: International Song Service: with Bright Gems from fifty authors, for Sunday-schools, gospel meetings, missionary and young people's societies, prayer-meetings, etc. #208

Author: Philip Doddridge

Philip Doddridge (b. London, England, 1702; d. Lisbon, Portugal, 1751) belonged to the Non-conformist Church (not associated with the Church of England). Its members were frequently the focus of discrimination. Offered an education by a rich patron to prepare him for ordination in the Church of England, Doddridge chose instead to remain in the Non-conformist Church. For twenty years he pastored a poor parish in Northampton, where he opened an academy for training Non-conformist ministers and taught most of the subjects himself. Doddridge suffered from tuberculosis, and when Lady Huntington, one of his patrons, offered to finance a trip to Lisbon for his health, he is reputed to have said, "I can as well go to heaven from Lisbon as from Nort… Go to person page >

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #306

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #306

Hymns of Zion #d43

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Church Psalmody #H205

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Manual of Christian Psalmody #205

Melodies of the Church #d181

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d191

The Choice #H95

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The Lyrica #163

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Hymns for Christian Melody #559

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Psalms and Hymns, Adapted to Public Worship #422

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Evangelical Hymns #65

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #306

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Hymns #876

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Church Psalmody #205

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The Psalmist #354

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Psalms and Hymns, for Christian Use and Worship #H204

Chapel Hymns #d102

Psalms and Hymns Adapted to Social, Private and Public Worship #d132

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The Sabbath School Lute #34

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The Baptist Harp #342

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The Psalmist #354

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The Social Psalmist #45

Cantica Laudis #d57

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Hymns #909

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The Baptist Psalmody #878

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Hymns #909

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Songs of Zion #34

Village Hymns #306

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The Psalmody #315

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The Choice #H95

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The Harp #368

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Hymns #909

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book #1377

The Golden Harp #d54

The Vestry Harp #d32

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A Pastor's Selection of Hymns and Tunes #56

The Choralist #d58

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Church Choral-Book #31

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #105

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a368

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Songs of Zion Enlarged #50

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The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book #554

The Devotional Hymn Book #d93

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #60

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d140

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Chapel Melodies #255

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #411

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Songs for the Sanctuary #411

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #411

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Revival Songs #269

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Songs for the Sanctuary #411

The Service of Song for Baptist Churches #d152

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Psalms and Hymns #230

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #411

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The Baptist Praise Book #507

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The Canadian Baptist Hymn Book #243

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Hymns and Songs of Praise for Public and Social Worship #849

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #487

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship #571

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #565

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Songs for the Sanctuary #411

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The Hymn Book of the African Methodist Episcopal Church #260

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #353

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d160

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #152

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #487

Revival Songs. 4th ed. #d48

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Songs for the Service of Prayer #156

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #1044

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Laudes Domini #541

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Hymns and Songs for Social and Sabbath Worship. (Rev. ed.) #571

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d158

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Laudes Domini #251

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Songs of Praise with Tunes #165

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Laudes Domini #203

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Hymns of the Ages #116

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The New Laudes Domini #526

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Hymns of the Ages #116

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International Song Service #208

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #136b

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The Praise Hymnary #311

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #136b

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Golden Songs of Glory #145

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