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Hymn 373

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove

Meter: C.M.

1

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers;

Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

2

In vain we tune our formal songs,

In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannas languish on our tongues,

And our devotion dies.

3

And shall we then for ever live

At this poor dying rate?

Our love so faint, so cold to thee,

And thine to us so great!

4

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,

With all thy quickening powers;

Come, shed abroad the Saviour's love,

And that shall kindle ours.