Adventist Pioneer Library

The Church — Baptism

Come, Holy Spirit, Dove divine

  • No. 1080
  • Words Adoniram Judson.
  • 4 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Come, Holy Spirit, Dove divine,On these baptismal waters shine,And teach our hearts, in highest strain,To praise the Lamb for sinners slain.

2

We love thy name, we love thy laws,And joyfully embrace thy cause;We love thy cross, the shame, the pain,O Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

3

We sink beneath the mystic flood;O bathe us in thy cleansing blood!We die to sin, and seek a graveWith thee, beneath the yielding wave;

4

And, as we rise, with thee to live,O let the Holy Spirit giveThe sealing unction from above,The breath of life, the fire of love.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1080» (large) in the left column of p. 370, under the stanzas of hymn 1079, with the italic reference line «136, 347, 932.» beside it (= sing to the tunes of hymns 136 WARE, 347 WARD or 932 FEDERAL STREET, all L. M.; no meter is printed: 8.8.8.8). Four stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«4» without periods (written «1.»–«4.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all four lines of each stanza are set flush (no indented lines). The first word «COME» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Come» here). «Adoniram Judson.» in italics (the J in its swash italic form), right-aligned at the foot of the left column. The print sets a thin space before «;» («cause ;», «flood ;», «wave ;») and «!» («blood !»); it is closed up here. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Church — Baptism · No. 1080 · printed page 370
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02