Spirit Of God, Descend Upon My Heart
- Words:
- George Croly
- Music:
- Fredrick C. Atkinson
Sheet music
- 1Spirit of God, descend upon my heart;Wean it from earth; thru all its pulses move;Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,And make me love Thee as I ought to love.I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies;No sudden rending of the veil of clay;No angel visitant, no op’ning skies;But take the dimness of my soul away.
- 2Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King?All, all Thine own, soul, heart, and strength, and mind;I see Thy cross, there teach my heart to cling:O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!
In the hymnals
- Written in 1854, the words are in 389 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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