Come, Holy Ghost, all quickening fire!
Come, and my hallowed heart inspire,
Sprinkled with the atoning blood;
Now to my soul Thyself reveal,
Thy mighty working let me feel,
And know that I am born of God.
Thy witness with my spirit bear,
That God, my God, inhabits there;
Thou, with the Father, and the Son,
Eternal Light’s co-eval Beam;
Be Christ in me, and I in Him,
Till perfect we are made in one.
Let earth no more my heart divide,
With Christ may I be crucified,
To Thee with my whole soul aspire;
Dead to the world and all its toys,
Its idle pomp, and fading joys,
Be thou alone my one desire!
Be Thou my joy, be Thou my dread;
In battle cover Thou my head,
Nor earth nor hell I then shall fear;
I then shall turn my steady face,
Want, pain, defy, enjoy disgrace,
Glory in dissolution near.
My will be swallowed up in Thee;
Light in Thy light still may I see,
Beholding Thee with open face;
Called the full power of faith to prove,
Let all my hallowed heart be love,
And all my spotless life be praise.
Come, Holy Ghost, all-quickening fire,
My consecrated heart inspire,
Sprinkled with the atoning blood;
Still to my soul Thyself reveal,
Thy mighty working may I feel,
And know that I am one with God!
Of the other type two bright verses on 1 Chron. xxix. 5 are a good
example—
Lord, in the strength of grace,
With a glad heart and free,
Myself, my residue of days
I consecrate to Thee.
Thy ransomed servant, I
Restore to Thee Thine own,
And, from this moment, live or die
To serve my God alone.