O Spirit of the Living God (Tweedy)

O Spir­it of the liv­ing God

Thou light and fire di­vine

Descend up­on Thy church once more

And make it tru­ly Thine.

Fill it with love and joy and pow­er

With right­eous­ness and peace;

Till Christ shall dwell in hu­man hearts

And sin and sor­row cease.

Blow

wind of God! With wis­dom blow

Until our minds are free

From mists of er­rors

clouds of doubt

Which blind our eyes to Thee.

Burn

wing­èd fire! In­spire our lips

With flam­ing love and zeal

To preach to all Thy great good news

God’s glo­ri­ous com­mon weal.

Teach us to ut­ter liv­ing words

Of truth which all may hear

The lang­uage all may un­der­stand

When love speaks loud and clear;

Till ev­ery age and race and clime

Shall blend their creeds in one

And earth shall form one fa­mi­ly

By whom Thy will is done.

So shall we know the pow­er of Christ

Who came this world to save;

So shall we rise with Him to life

Which soars be­yond the grave;

And earth shall win true ho­li­ness

Which makes Thy child­ren whole;

Still

per­fect­ed by Thee

we reach

Creation’s glo­ri­ous goal!