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Hosanna to the King

Who sitting high in heaven,
Bids sinners lost and wandering,
Return and be forgiven.
Hosanna to the King

Who ever lives and reigns:

Let heaven and earth His praises sing,
In loud and lofty strains.

Thomas Hastings, 1850

HYMNS TO THE HOLY SPIRIT.

445

1

UR blest Redeemer, ere He breathed
His tender, last farewell,

A Guide, a Comforter, bequeath'd,
With us on earth to dwell.

2 He comes, the mystic heavenly Dove,
With sheltering wings outspread,
The holy balm of peace and love
On chosen hearts to shed.

3 He comes, sweet influence to impart,
A gracious, willing guest,

Where He can find one humble heart
Wherein to make His rest.

4 And His that gentle voice we hear,
Soft as the breath of eve,

That checks each fault, that calms each fear, And bids us cease to grieve.

5 And every virtue we possess,
And every victory won,
And every thought of holiness,
Are His, and His alone.

6 Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying, see:

Oh make our hearts Thy dwelling-place,
Yea make them meet for Thee.

446

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447

1

Harriett Auber, 1829, a.

The Comforter.

JE But His promise still is here,
"I will all your wants supply;
I will send the Comforter."
2 Let us now His promise plead,
Let us to His throne draw nigh;
Jesus knows His people's need,
Jesus hears His people's cry.
3 Send us, Lord, the Comforter,
Pledge and witness of Thy love;
Dwelling with Thy people here,
Leading them to joys above.
4 Till we reach the promised rest,
Till Thy face unveil'd we see,
Of this blessed hope possess'd,
Teach us, Lord, to live to Thee.

ESUS is gone up on high;

7s.

Thomas Kelly, 1806.

Work of the Holy Spirit.

TERNAL Spirit! we confess,

L.M.

And sing the wonders of Thy grace:

Thy power conveys our blessings down
From God the Father and the Son.

2 Enlighten'd by Thine heavenly ray,
Our shades and darkness turn to day;
Thine inward teachings makes us know,
Our danger and our refuge too.
3 Thy power and glory work within,
And break the chains of reigning sin,
Do our imperious lusts subdue,
And form our wretched hearts anew.
4 The troubled conscience knows Thy voice,
Thy cheering words awake our joys;
Thy words allay the stormy wind,
And calm the surges of the mind.

448

Regeneration.

Isaac Watts, 1709.

C. M.

1 Nor rites that God has given, NOT

OT all the outward forms on earth,

Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,

Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace;
Born in the image of His Son,
A new peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Blows on the sons of flesh;

Creates a new,-a heavenly mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quicken'd souls awake and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

Isaac Watts, 1709, a.

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YREAT was the day, the joy was great, When the divine disciples met; Whilst on their heads the Spirit came, And sat like tongues of cloven flame. 2 What gifts, what miracles He gave! And power to kill, and power to save! Furnish'd their tongues with wondrous words, Instead of shields, and spears, and swords. 3 Thus arm'd, He sent the champions forth, From east to west, from south to north; "Go, and assert your Saviour's cause; Go, spread the mystery of His cross." 4 These weapons of the holy war, Of what almighty force they are, To make our stubborn passions bow, And lay the proudest rebel low! 5 Nations, the learned and the rude, Are by these heavenly arms subdued; While Satan rages at his loss,

And hates the doctrine of the cross.

6 Great King of Grace, my heart subdue,
I would be led in triumph too,
A willing captive to my Lord,
And sing the victories of His word.

Isaac Watts, 1709.

450 Waiting for the Promise of the Father.

1

LORD God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,

As on the day of Pentecost,
Descend in all Thy power.

S.M.

2

We meet with one accord

In one appointed place,

And wait the promise of our Lord,
The Spirit of all grace.

3 Like mighty rushing wind
Upon the waves beneath,

4

Move with one impulse every mind;
One soul, one feeling breathe.

The young, the old inspire

With wisdom from above;

And give us hearts and tongues of fire,
To pray, and praise, and love.

5 Spirit of Light, explore

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And chase our gloom away,

With lustre shining more and more,
Unto the perfect day.

Spirit of Truth, be Thou

In life and death our Guide:

O Spirit of Adoption, now

May we be sanctified!

James Montgomery, 1819.

451

The Holy Ghost is here.

S.M.

1

HE Holy Ghost is here,

2

Where saints in prayer agree,

As Jesu's parting gift He's near

Each pleading company.

Not far away is He,

To be by prayer brought nigh,

But here in present majesty
As in His courts on high.