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Worship — Holy Spirit

Come, blessed Spirit, source of light

  • No. 138
  • Words Benjamin Beddome.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Come, blessed Spirit, source of light,
Whose power and grace are unconfined.
Dispel the gloomy shades of night,
The thicker darkness of the mind.

2

To my enlightened eyes display
The glorious truth thy words reveal;
Cause me to run the heavenly way,
Make me delight to do thy will.

3

Thine inward teachings make me know,
The wonders of redeeming love,
The vanity of things below,
And excellence of things above.

4

While through these dubious paths I stray,
Spread, like the sun, thy beams abroad;
Show me the dangers of the way,
And guide my feeble steps to God.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «138», reference line «168, 212, 215.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 168, 212 or 215); stanzas 1–4 at the top of the right column of p. 51, beside the text of hymn 136; «Benjamin Beddome.» in italics at the end. The first word «COME» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («reveal ;», «abroad ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
Worship — Holy Spirit · No. 138 · printed page 51
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-09-30