Worship — Holy Spirit

O blessed Comforter, draw nigh!

No. 143
Words Anne Steele.
Singing key G major
4 stanzas

Sung to WARE (hymn 136)

Words

O blessed Comforter, draw nigh!Cheer and sustain my fainting heart;Without thee every hope would die,And every cheering ray depart.

Whene'er to call the Saviour mineWith ardent wish my heart aspires,Can it be less than power divineThat animates these strong desires?

And when my cheerful hope can sayI love my God and taste his grace,Lord, is it not thy blissful rayThat brings this dawn of sacred peace?

Let thy good Spirit in my heartForever dwell, O God of love!And light and heavenly peace impart,Sweet earnest of the joys above.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «143», reference line «136, 101, 3.» in italics (sing to the tune of hymn 136, 101 or 3); four stanzas in the right column of p. 52, below hymn 142; «Anne Steele.» in italics at the end. The first words «O BLESSED» are set as «O» in capitals and «BLESSED» in small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «!» and «;» («nigh !», «heart ;», «love !»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., 8.8.8.8). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.