God the Spirit, We Adore Thee

God the Spir­it

we ad­ore Thee

In the tri­nal God­head One

One in love and pow­er and glo­ry

With the Fa­ther and the Son;

Prayer and praise to Thee we bring

Our de­vo­tion’s of­fer­ing.

Once the de­so­late world-ocean

Quickened from its long death-sleep

Woke to light and life’s emo­tion

At Thy brood­ing o’er its deep;

Spirit

ev­er may Thy breath

Quicken us from sleep and death!

Holy Fount of in­spir­ation

By whose gift the great of old

Spake the word of re­vela­tion

Marvelous and ma­ni­fold

Grant to us who see and hear

Reverence of eye and ear.

Priceless gift of Christ for ev­er

Righteousness and peace and joy

Which the ev­il world

that nev­er

Can re­ceive

can­not de­stroy

Shall the Church or faint or fear

While the Com­fort­er is near?

Author of our new cre­ation

Giver of the se­cond birth

May Thy cease­less re­no­va­tion

Cleanse our souls from stains of earth

And our bo­dies ev­er be

Holy tem­ples meet for Thee.

When we wan­der

Lord

di­rect us

Keep us in the Mas­ter’s way

Let Thy strong

swift sword pro­tect us

Warring in the ev­il day;

Paraclete for ev­ery need

Come to strength­en and to lead!

Come

Thy glo­ri­ous gifts pro­vid­ing

Foretaste of the fu­ture now

Bring that sweet sense of abid­ing

Thou canst give and on­ly Thou

One in Thee

we shall be one

In the Fa­ther and the Son. Amen.