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Against the wiles of Satan;
O Lord, Thy flock defend!
Help us to battle well,

To triumph o'er the Devil,
To overcome the evil
And all the powers of hell.

13 Order our path in all things
According to Thy mind,
And when this life is over,
And all must be resigned,

O grant us then to die

With calm and fearless spirit,
And after death inherit
Eternal life on high.

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GRACIOUS Spirit, Dove divine!
Let Thy light within me shine;
All my guilty fears remove,
Fill me with Thy heavenly love.

2 Speak Thy pardoning grace to me,
Set the burdened sinner free;
Lead me to the Lamb of God,
Wash me in His precious blood.

3 Life and peace to me impart;
Seal salvation on my heart;
Dwell Thyself within my breast,
Earnest of eternal rest.

4 Let me never from Thee stray,
Keep me in the narrow way;
Fill my soul with joy divine,
Keep me, Lord, forever Thine.

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LET songs of praises fill the sky:
Christ, our ascended Lord,

Sends down His Spirit from on high,
According to His word:

All hail the day of Pentecost,
The coming of the Holy Ghost!

2 The Spirit by His heavenly breath
Creates new life within;

He quickens sinners from the death
Of trespasses and sin:

All hail the day of Pentecost,

The coming of the Holy Ghost!

3 The things of Christ the Spirit takes,
And shows them unto men;
The fallen soul His temple makes;
God's image stamps again:

All hail the day of Pentecost,
The coming of the Holy Ghost!

4 Come, Holy Spirit, from above,
With Thy celestial fire;

Come, and with flames of zeal and love

Our hearts and tongues inspire!

Be this our day of Pentecost,

The coming of the Holy Ghost!

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COME, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers;

Kindle a flame of sacred love

In these cold hearts of ours.

2 See how we grovel here below,
Fond of these earthly toys;
Our souls, how heavily they go
To reach eternal joys!

3 In vain we tune our formal songs,
In vain we strive to rise;

Hosannas languish on our tongues,
And our devotion dies.

4 Dear Lord, and shall we ever live
At this poor, dying rate—

Our love so cold, so faint to Thee,
And Thine to us so great?

5 Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove,
With all Thy quickening powers,
Come, shed abroad a Savior's love,
And that shall kindle ours.

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HOLY Spirit! hear us

On this sacred day; Come to us with blessing, Come with us to stay.

2 Come, as once Thou camest
To the faithful few,
Patiently awaiting
Jesus' promise true.

3 Up to heaven ascending
Our dear Lord has gone;
Yet His little children
Leaves He not alone.

4 To His blessed promise Now in faith we cling:Comforter, most holy!

Spread o'er us Thy wing.

5 Lighten Thou our darkness, Be Thyself our light;

6, 5, 6, 8

Strengthen Thou our weakness,
Spirit of all might!

6 Spirit of adoption!
Make us overflow

With Thy sevenfold blessing,
And in grace to grow.

7 Into Christ baptized

Grant that we may be, Day and night, dear Spirit, Perfected by Thee!

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COME, Holy Ghost, God and Lord!
Be all Thy graces now outpoured
On each believer's mind and heart;
Thy fervent love to them impart.
Lord, by the brightness of Thy light
Thou in the faith dost men unite
Of every tongue and every nation;
We, therefore, sing with exultation:
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

2 Thou holy Light, Guide divine,
O cause the Word of life to shine;
Teach us to know our God aright,
And call Him Father with delight,
From error, Lord, our souls defend,
That they on Christ alone attend,
In Him with living faith abiding,
In Him with all their might confiding.
Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

3 Thou holy Fire, Source of rest,

Grant that, with joy and hope possessed, We always in Thy service stay,

And trouble drive us not away.

Lord, by Thy power prepare each heart

To our weak nature strength impart,
That firmly here we be contending,
Through life and death to Thee

ascending.

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Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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COME, Holy Spirit, come!

Let Thy bright beams arise; Dispel the sorrow from our minds, The darkness from our eyes.

2 Revive our drooping faith,

Our doubts and fears remove, And kindle in our breasts the flame Of never-dying love.

3 Convince us of our sin;

Then lead to Jesus' blood,
And to our wondering view reveal
The mercies of our God.

4 'Tis Thine to cleanse the heart,
To sanctify the soul,

To pour fresh life on every part,
And new-create the whole.

5 Dwell, therefore, in our hearts; Our minds from bondage free; Then shall we know, and praise, and love,

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The Father, Son, and Thee.

HOLY Ghost, with light divine,
Shine upon this heart of mine;
Chase the shades of night away,
Turn the darkness into day.

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