The Presbyterian Hymnal #323
Display Title: Loving Spirit First Line: Loving Spirit, Holy Spirit Tune Title: OMNI DIE Author: Shirley Erena Murray Meter: 8.7.8.7 Date: 1990 Subject: Holy Spirit | Protection
The Presbyterian Hymnal #323
First Line: | Loving Spirit, loving Spirit |
Title: | Loving Spirit |
Author: | Shirley Erena Murray (1987) |
Meter: | 8.7.8.7 |
Place of Origin: | New Zealand |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | © 1987 by The Hymn Society of America (admin. by Hope Publishing Co.) |
Although “Loving Spirit” appears to be addressed to the Holy Spirit; I suggest it’s addressed instead to the triune God, addressed here as “Spirit” instead of God. I think so because the hymn in its second stanza says that the loving spirit “feed[s] me with your very body, form[s] me of your flesh and bone.”
Neal Plantinga