COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
6-8s. Veni, Creator.
1 COME, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire!
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart;
Thy blessed unction from above
Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
2 Enable with perpetual light
The dulness of our blinded sight;
Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abu ...read
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COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
C.M.
1 COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all thy quickening powers;
Kindle a flame of sacred love
In these cold hearts of ours.
2 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;
Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.
3 And shall we then for ever live
At this poor dying rate?
Our love so faint, so ...read
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COME, let us anew our journey pursue, Roll
5 5 5, 11.
1 COME, let us anew
Our journey pursue,
Roll round with the year,
And never stand still till the Master appear.
2 His adorable will
Let us gladly fulfil,
And our talents improve,
By the patience of hope, and the labour of love.
3 Our life is a dream;
Our time as a stream
Glides swiftly away,
And the fugitive moment refu ...read
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COME, let us anew our journey pursue, With
5 5 5 11, 5 5 5 11.
1 COME, let us anew
Our journey pursue,
With vigour arise,
And press to our permanent place in the skies.
Of heavenly birth,
Though wandering on earth,
This is not our place;
But strangers and pilgrims ourselves we confess.
2 At Jesus's call,
We gave up our all;
And still we forego
For Jesus's sake our enjoyment ...read
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COME, let us arise,
5 5 5 11, 5 5 5 11.
1 COME, let us arise,
And press to the skies;
The summons obey,
My friends, my beloved, and hasten away.
The Master of all
For our service doth call,
And deigns to approve,
With smiles of acceptance, our labour of love.
2 His burden who hear,
We alone can declare
How easy his yoke,
While to love and good works we ...read
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COME, let us ascend,
5 5 9, 5 5 9.
1 COME, let us ascend,
My companion and friend,
To a taste of the banquet above;
If thy heart be as mine,
If for Jesus it pine,
Come up into the chariot of love.
2 Who in Jesus confide,
We are bold to outride
The storms of affliction beneath;
With the prophet we soar
To the heavenly shore,
And outfly all the arrows of d ...read
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COME, let us join our cheerful songs
C.M. Revelation v. 12, 13.
1 COME, let us join our cheerful songs
With angels round the throne;
Ten thousand thousand are their tongues,
But all their joys are one.
2 "Worthy the Lamb that died," they cry,
"To be exalted thus!"
"Worthy the Lamb!" our hearts reply;
"For he was slain for us."
3 Jesus is worthy to receive
Honou ...read
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COME, let us use the grace divine,
C.M. Jeremiah l. 5.
1 COME, let us use the grace divine,
And all, with one accord,
In a perpetual covenant join
Ourselves to CHRIST the LORD:
2 Give up ourselves, through Jesu's power,
His name to glorify;
And promise, in this sacred hour,
For GOD to live and die.
3 The covenant we this moment make
Be ever kept in mind:
We will no ...read
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COME, let us, who in Christ believe,
C.M. Revelation iii. 20.
1 COME, let us, who in Christ believe,
Our common Saviour praise,
To him with joyful voices give
The glory of his grace.
2 He now stands knocking at the door
Of every sinner's heart;
The worst need keep him out no more,
Or force him to depart.
3 Through grace we hearken to thy voice,
Yield to be saved from ...read
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COME, my soul, thy suit prepare,
7s.
1 COME, my soul, thy suit prepare,
Jesus loves to answer prayer;
He himself has bid thee pray,
Therefore will not say thee nay.
2 Thou art coming to a King,
Large petitions with thee bring;
For his grace and power are such,
None can ever ask too much.
3 With my burden I begin,
Lord, remove this load of sin!
Let thy blood for si ...read
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COME, O my God, the promise seal,
C.M.
1 COME, O my God, the promise seal,
This mountain, sin, remove;
Now in my gasping soul reveal
The virtue of thy love.
2 I want thy life, thy purity,
Thy righteousness, brought in;
I ask, desire, and trust in thee,
To be redeemed from sin.
3 For this, as taught by thee, I pray,
And can no longer doubt;
Remove from hence! to sin ...read
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COME, O thou all-victorious Lord!
C.M.
1 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord!
Thy power to us make known;
Strike with the hammer of thy word,
And break these hearts of stone.
2 O that we all might now begin
Our foolishness to mourn;
And turn at once from every sin,
And to our Saviour turn!
3 Give us ourselves and thee to know,
In this our gracious day;
Repentance unto ...read
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COME, O thou all-victorious Lord!
C.M.
1 COME, O thou all-victorious Lord!
Thy power to us make known;
Strike with the hammer of thy word,
And break these hearts of stone.
2 O that we all might now begin
Our foolishness to mourn;
And turn at once from every sin,
And to our Saviour turn!
3 Give us ourselves and thee to know,
In this our gracious day;
Repentance unto ...read
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COME, O thou Traveller unknown,
6-8s. Wrestling Jacob. Genesis xxxii. 24 - 31.
1 COME, O thou Traveller unknown,
Whom still I hold, but cannot see!
My company before is gone,
And I am left alone with thee;
With thee all night I mean to stay,
And wrestle till the break of day.
2 I need not tell thee who I am,
My misery and sin declare;
Thyself hast called me by my name ...read
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COME, Saviour, Jesus, from above!
L.M.
1 COME, Saviour, Jesus, from above!
Assist me with thy heavenly grace;
Empty my heart of earthly love,
And for thyself prepare the place.
2 O let thy sacred presence fill,
And set my longing spirit free!
Which pants to have no other will,
But day and night to feast on thee.
3 While in this region here below,
No other good will ...read
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COME, sinners, to the gospel feast,
L.M. Luke xiv. 16 - 24.
1 COME, sinners, to the gospel feast,
Let every soul be Jesu's guest;
Ye need not one be left behind,
For God hath bidden all mankind.
2 Sent by my Lord, on you I call,
The invitation is to ALL:
Come, all the world; come, sinner, thou!
All things in Christ are ready now.
3 Come, all ye souls by sin opprest,
...read
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COME, sound his praise abroad,
S.M. Psalm xcv.
1 COME, sound his praise abroad,
And hymns of glory sing!
Jehovah is the sovereign God,
The universal King.
2 He formed the deeps unknown;
He gave the seas their bound;
The watery worlds are all his own,
And all the solid ground.
3 Come, worship at his throne;
Come, bow before the Lord:
We are his works, and not our ...read
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COME, thou all-inspiring Spirit,
8s & 7s.
1 COME, thou all-inspiring Spirit,
Into every longing heart!
Bought for us by Jesu's merit,
Now thy blissful self impart;
Sign our uncontested pardon,
Wash us in the atoning blood!
Make our hearts a watered garden;
Fill our spotless souls with God.
2 If thou gav'st the enlarged desire,
Which for thee we ever feel,
Now our p ...read
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Come, thou Conqueror of the nations
8 7, 8 7, 4 7.
1 COME, thou Conqueror of the nations,
Now on thy white horse appear;
Earthquakes, dearths, and desolations
Signify thy kingdom near:
True and faithful!
Stablish thy dominion here.
2 Thine the kingdom, power, and glory;
Thine the ransomed nations are;
Let the heathen fall before thee,
Let the isles thy power declare;
...read
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COME, thou high and lofty Lord!
8-7s.
1 COME, thou high and lofty Lord!
Lowly, meek, incarnate Word!
Humbly stoop to earth again,
Come and visit abject men!
Jesus, dear expected guest,
Thou art bidden to the feast,
For thyself our hearts prepare,
Come, and sit, and banquet there!
2 Jesus, we thy promise claim,
We are met in thy great name;
In the midst do thou appea ...read
