Christ My Song - 1948

Send thy Spirit, Lord, from heaven
(Thomas Kelly/Johannes Thomas Rüegg)

Send thy Spirit, Lord, from heaven.

"But if I depart, I will send him unto you." (John 16,7)

1. Send thy Spirit, Lord, from heaven,
  promised comforter and guide;
pledge on earth of sins forgiven,
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2. 'Tis thy promise brings us here,
  this our warrant is to pray;
when we cry, O Lord, draw near;
  send us not unheard away.

3. Let thy Spirit come in power,
  come to teach, and come to bless;
let us all be glad this hour,
  and, with joy, thy name confess.

4. Teach us at thy feet to bow,
  and to fall before thy throne;
bless us all, O bless us now,
  be to us thy goodness known.

5. Goodness that no tongue can teach,
  words unequal are to this;
goodness that no thought can reach,
  without limit, Lord, it is.

6. O our Lord, our Saviour, thou,
  what thy people ask for grant;
send thy Spirit, send him now,
  having him we nothing want.

7. He unfolds the sacred page,
  and applies it by his power;
he the same, from age to age,
  now, and to the final hour.

8. Led by him, thy people go
  safely through the trackless waste;
led by him, they meet the foe,
  and they gain their home at last.

Thomas Kelly, Hymns on various passages of Scripture, ca. 1853, Hymn 161.

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