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Text:Come, Gracious Spirit
Author:Simon Browne
Tune:WARE
Composer:Kingsley

164. Come, Gracious Spirit

1 Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With light and comfort from above;
Be thou our Guardian, thou our Guide;
O'er all our thoughts and steps preside.

2 To us the light of truth display,
And make us know and choose thy way;
Plant holy fear in ev'ry heart,
That we from God may ne'er depart.

3 Lead us to holiness, the road
That we must take to dwell with God:
Lead us to Christ, the living way,
Nor let us from his precepts stray.

4 Lead us to God, our final rest,
To be with Him forever blest;
Lead us to heav'n, its bliss to share
Fulness of joy forever there!

Text Information
First Line: Come, gracious Spirit, heavenly Dove
Title: Come, Gracious Spirit
Author: Simon Browne
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Holy Spirit: Guide
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: WARE
Composer: Kingsley
Meter: L. M.
Key: A Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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