the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him; but you know Him, for He dwells with you and will be in you.John 14:17
Augustus Montague Toplady
(1740 - 1778)
My unbelief remove;
Now thy quick’ning Spirit give,
The unction from above;
Shew me, Lord, how good thou art,
My soul with all thy fulness fill:
Send the witness in my heart
The Holy Ghost reveal.
2. Dead in sin ’till then I lie,
Bereft of power to rise;
Till thy Spirit inwardly
Thy saving blood applies:
Now the mighty gift impart,
My sin erase, my pardon seal:
Send the witness, in my heart
The Holy Ghost reveal.
3. Blessed Comforter, come down,
And live and move in me;
Make my every deed thy own,
In all things led by thee:
Bid my every lust depart,
And with me O vouchsafe to dwell;
Faithful witness, in my heart
Thy perfect light reveal.
4. Let me in thy love rejoice,
Thy shrine, thy pure abode;
Tell me, by thine inward voice,
That I’m a child of God:
Lord, I choose the better part,
Jesus, I wait thy peace to feel;
Send the witness in my heart
The Holy Ghost reveal.
5. Whom the world cannot receive,
O manifest in me:
Son of God, I cease to live,
Unless I live in thee
Now impute thy whole desert,
Restore the joy from which I fell:
Breathe the witness, in my heart
The Holy Ghost reveal.
This was just so lovely, Andy. I particularly liked these lines:
“Blessed Comforter, come down,
And live and move in me;
Make my every deed thy own,
In all things led by thee:”
and
“Son of God, I cease to live,
Unless I live in thee”
Love these old hymns – I had a very interesting comment from a chap called Robert, who has a site called wordwisehymns.com in response to my post of the hymn – There is a fountain filled with blood. He is involved with writing backgrounds to hymns on cyber-hymnal Would be worth a visit as I am sure you would really enjoy this and his own personal blog too
Bless you dear bro
Steph
Thanks Steph,
I will be sure to check out Roberts site.
God bless,
Andy