Verse 1
Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick’ning fire,
Come, and in me delight to rest!
Drawn by the lure of strong desire,
O come, and consecrate my breast:
The temple of my soul prepare,
And fix thy sacred presence there!
Verse 2
If now thy influence I feel,
If now in thee begin to live;
Still to my heart thyself reveal,
Give me thyself, for ever give.
A point my good, a drop my store:
Eager I ask, and pant for more.
Verse 3
Eager for thee I ask and pant,
So strong the principle divine
Carries me out with sweet constraint,
Till all my hallow’d soul be thine:
Plung’d in the Godhead’s deepest sea,
And lost in thy immensity.
Verse 4
My peace, my life, my comfort now,
My treasure, and my all thou art!
True witness of my sonship thou,
Engraving pardon on my heart:
Seal of my sins in Christ forgiv’n,
Earnest of love, and pledge of heav’n.
Verse 5
Come then, my God, mark out thy heir,
Of heav’n a larger earnest give,
With clearer light thy witness bear;
More sensibly within me live:
Let all my pow’rs thy entrance feel,
And deeper stamp thyself the seal.
Verse 6
Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick’ning fire,
Come, and in me delight to rest!
Drawn by the lure of strong desire,
O come, and consecrate my breast:
The temple of my soul prepare,
And fix thy sacred presence there!