Spirit of God, descend upon my heart 198 (C)
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Spirit of God, descend upon my heart
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Wean it from earth; through all its pulses move
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Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art
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And make me love Thee as I ought to love
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I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies
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No sudden rending of the veil of clay
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No angel visitant, no opening skies
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But take the dimness of my soul away
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Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh
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Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear
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To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh
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Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer
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Hast Thou not bid me love Thee, God and King?
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All, all Thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind
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I see Thy cross; there teach my heart to cling
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O let me seek Thee, and O let me find
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Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love
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One holy passion filling all my frame
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The kindling of the heaven descended Dove
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My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame
Words by George Croly (1854) Music by Frederick C. Atkinson (1870)