VENI CREATOR. (L. M. Old 112th.)
1 CREATOR, SPIRIT, by whose aid
The world's foundations first were laid;
Come visit ev'ry waiting mind,
Come, pour Thy joys on human kind;
From sin and sorrow set us free
And make us temples meet for Thee.
2 Hail, Source of uncreated light!
Illumine our dull, darken'd sight.
Thrice holy Fount, immortal Fire,
Our hearts with heav'nly love inspire;
Come and Thy sacred unction bring
To sanctify us, while we sing.
3 O GOD of mercy, truth and love,
Now shed Thy influence from above;
Unfailing comfort, heav'nly Guide,
Now o'er Thy favor'd Church preside;
And still from age to age convey! *
The glory of this sacred day.
4 Immortal honour, endless fame,
Attend th' almighty FATHER's name;
The SAVIOUR SON, be glorified,
Who for lost man's redemption died;
And equal adoration be
Eternal COMFORTER, to Thee.
OLY GHOST? inspire our praises,
Shed abroad a SAVIOUR'S love;
While we chaunt the name of JESUS,
Deign on ev'ry heart to move.
Source of sweetest consolation!
Breathe Thy peace on all below;
Bless, O bless this congregation,
Bid our hearts with influence glow,
2 Come with heav'nly inspiration,
JESUS in our souls reveal;
Manifest this great salvation,
As Thy own our spirits seal.
Light divine, on darkness shining,
Deign the light of truth to give ;
Every grace and joy combining,
May we to Thy glory live.
3 Hail, ye spirits bright and glorious,
High exalted round the throne!
Now with you we join in chorus,
And your LORD we call our own,
GOD to us His Son hath given:
Saints your noblest anthems raise !
All in earth and all in heaven,
Shout the great JEHOVAH's praise!
1 COME, HOLY SPIRIT, come;
Let Thy bright beams arise:
Dispel the sorrow from our mind,
The darkness from our eyes.
2 Cheer our desponding hearts, With visitations sweet;
Give us to lie with humble hope,
At our REDEEMER's feet.
3 Revive our drooping faith,
Our doubts and fears remove; And kindle in our hearts the flame Of never-dying love.
4 Convince us of our sin,
Then lead to JESU's blood; And to our wond'ring view reveal Th' amazing love of God.
5 Shew us the sinner's Friend,
That rules the courts of bliss; The LORD of Hosts, the mighty GoD, Th' eternal Prince of peace.
1 ASCRIBE immortal praise
TO GOD the FATHER's love,
For all our comforts here,
And better hopes above:...
He sent His own eternal SON,
To die for sins that man had done.
2 To GOD the SoN belongs
Immortal glory too,
Who bought us with His blood
From everlasting woe;
And now He lives, and now He reigns,
And sees the fruit of all his pains.
3 To God the SPIRIT'S name
Immortal worship give,
Whose new-creating pow'r
Makes the dead sinner live;
His work completes the great design,
And fills the soul with joy divine.
4 Almighty God to Thee
Be endless honors done;
The undivided THREE,
And the mysterious ONE:
Where reason fails with all her pow'rs,
There faith prevails, and love adores.
1 BLEST be the FATHER and His love,
To whose celestial source we owe,
Rivers of endless joys above,
And rills of comfort here below!
2 Glory to Thee great Son of God!
Forth from Thy wounded body rolls,
A precious stream of vital blood,
Pardon and life for dying souls.
3 We give the sacred SPIRIT praise,
Who in our hearts of sin and woe,
Makes living springs of grace arise,
And into boundless glory flow.
4 Thus God the FATHER, GOD the SON,
And God the SPIRIT we adore,
To whom be equal honours done,
By all the Church, for evermore.
GLORY to GOD on high,
The God of love and pow'r
Who made both earth and sky,
Let all His works adore;
Praise to th' Eternal God be giv'n,
By all in earth, and all in heav'n.
Hail, all-sufficient LAMB,
GOD, bless'd for evermore!
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