By A Collection of Hymns

      L.M. Acts ii. 39.
      1 FATHER, if justly still we claim
      To us and ours the promise made,
      To us be graciously the same,
      And crown with living fire our head.

      2 Our claim admit, and from above
      Of holiness the Spirit shower,
      Of wise discernment, humble love,
      And zeal, and unity, and power.

      3 the Spirit of convincing speech,
      Of power demonstrative impart,
      Such as may every conscience reach,
      And sound the unbelieving heart;

      4 The Spirit of refining fire,
      Searching the inmost of the mind,
      To purge all fierce and foul desire,
      And kindle life more pure and kind;

      5 The Spirit of faith, in this thy day,
      To break the power of cancelled sin,
      Tread down its strength, o'erturn its sway,
      And still the conquest more than win.

      6 The Spirit breathe of inward life,
      Which in our hearts thy laws may write;
      Then grief expires, and pain, and strife,
      'Tis nature all, and all delight.