Hymns · 1745

Come, Thou everlasting Spirit

Made popular by John Wesley, Charles Wesley

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Details

Hymnal / album Hymns on the Lord's Supper

Publisher Felix Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Introduced in Hymns on the Lord's Supper, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 226.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Zechariah 12:10 John 14:16-17 John 14:26 John 15:26 John 16:13-15 John 19:37 I Corinthians 2:10-12 Hebrews 2:9

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Acts 5:32 Romans 8:26 Titus 3:5-6 Hebrews 2:3 Hebrews 9:14 Hebrews 12:24 I Peter 1:2 Revelation 1:7

Lyrics

Verse 1
Come, thou everlasting Spirit, (John 14:16-17, Heb. 9:14)
Bring to every thankful mind (John 14:26, John 16:13-15, I Cor. 2:10-12)
All the Saviour’s dying merit
All his suffering[1] for mankind: (Heb. 2:9)
True recorder of his Passion, (John 15:26, Acts 5:32)
Now the living faith impart,
Now reveal his great salvation, (Heb. 2:3)
Preach his gospel to our heart.

Verse 2
Come, thou witness of his dying, (John 14:26, John 15:26)
Come, remembrancer divine,
Let us feel thy power applying
Christ to every soul and mine; (Tit. 3:5-6)
Let us groan thine inward groaning, (Rom. 8:26)
Look on him we pierc’d, and grieve, (Zech. 12:10, John 19:37, Rev. 1:7)
All receive the grace atoning,
All the sprinkled blood receive. (Heb. 12:24, I Pet. 1:2)

[1] Wesley changed “suffering” to “sufferings” in 1747.