Verse 1
Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick’ning fire,
Come, and my hallow’d heart inspire,
Sprinkled with the atoning blood:
Now to my soul thyself reveal;
Thy mighty working let me feel,
And know that I am born of God.
Verse 2
Thy witness with my spirit bear,
That God, my God inhabits there,
Thou, with the Father and the Son,
Eternal light’s coeval beam.
Be Christ in me, and I in him,
’Till perfect we are made in one.
Verse 3
When wilt thou my whole heart subdue?
Come, Lord, and form my soul a-new,
Emptied of pride, and self, and hell:
Less than the least of all thy store
Of mercies, I myself abhor:
All, all my vileness may I feel.
Verse 4
Humble, and teachable, and mild,
O may I, as a little child,
My lowly Master’s steps pursue:
Be anger to my soul unknown;
Hate, envy, jealousy be gone!
In love create thou all things new.
Verse 5
Let earth no more my heart divide,
With Christ may I be crucified,
To thee with my whole soul aspire;
Dead to the world, and all its toys,
Its idle pomp, and fading joys,
Be thou alone my one desire.
Verse 6
Be thou my joy; be thou my dread;
In battle cover thou my head,
Nor earth, nor hell so shall I fear:
So shall I turn my steady face;
Want, pain defy, enjoy disgrace,
Glory in dissolution near.
Verse 7
My will be swallow’d up in thee:
Light in thy light still may I see,
Beholding thee with open face;
Call’d the full power of faith to prove,
Let all my hallow’d heart be love,
And all my sinless life be praise.
Verse 8
Come, Holy Ghost, all-quick’ning fire,
My consecrated heart inspire,
Sprinkled with the atoning blood:
Still to my soul thyself reveal;
Thy mighty working may I feel,
And know that I am one with God!