SPIRIT of truth! on this thy dayBy A Collection of Hymns C.M. 1 SPIRIT of truth! on this thy day To thee for help we cry, To guide us through the dreary way Of dark mortality.
2 We ask not, Lord, thy cloven flame, Or tongues of various tone; But long thy praises to proclaim With fervour in our own. 3 We mourn not that prophetic skill Is found on earth no more; Enough for us to trace thy will In Scripture's sacred lore. 4 No heavenly harpings soothe our ear, No mystic dreams we share; Yet hope to feel thy comfort near, And bless thee in our prayer. 5 When tongues shall cease, and power decay, And knowledge empty prove, Do thou thy trembling servants stay, With faith, with hope, with love. Back to A Collection of Hymns index.
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