← Come, divine and peaceful Guest Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 160

Come, divine and peaceful Guest

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Come, divine and peaceful Guest,Enter each devoted breast;Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,Kindle there the gospel fire.

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God, the everlasting God,Makes with mortals his abode;Whom the heavens cannot contain,He vouchsafes to dwell in man.

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Never will he thence depart,Inmate of a humble heart;Carrying on his work within,Striving till he cast out sin.

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Crown the agonizing strife,Principle and Lord of life;Life divine in us renew,Thou the Gift and Giver too!