O Heavenly Fount of Light and Love

lyricist: William How, 1871
Composer: Edwin Drewett, 1887

O heav’n­ly fount of light and love

Adoring praise to Thee we pay;

Pour down

blest Spir­it

from ab­ove

Fresh streams of grace this day.

Thou

o’er the ev­er­last­ing Son

Hovering with wings of liv­ing light

Anointed Is­ra­el’s cham­pi­on

To fight the aw­ful fight.

At Pen­te­cost Thou cam­est down

As sound of rush­ing wind went by

With tongues of heav­en­ly fire to crown

That glo­ri­ous com­pa­ny.

Thou on each new-born child of grace

Dost now in hid­den pow­er des­cend

To strength­en for life’s wea­ry race

To com­fort and de­fend.

Thou in each meek and low­ly heart

With streams of liv­ing wa­ters bright

Sweet Fount of strength and glad­ness art

Fresh Spring of life and light.

Thee

Spir­it blest

All-Ho­ly One

In songs of tri­umph we ad­ore

For

with the Fa­ther and the Son

Thou reign­est ev­er­more.

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