O Holy Spirit, Enter In

O Ho­ly Spir­it

en­ter in

Among these hearts Thy work be­gin

Thy tem­ple deign to make us;

Sun of the soul

Thou Light di­vine

Around and in us bright­ly shine

To strength and glad­ness wake us.

Where Thou shin­est

life from Heav­en

There is giv­en; we be­fore Thee

For that pre­cious gift im­plore Thee.

Give to Thy Word im­press­ive pow’r

That in our hearts

from this good hour

As fire it may be glow­ing;

That we con­fess the Fa­ther

Son

And Thee

the Spir­it

Three in One

Thy glo­ry ev­er show­ing.

Stay Thou

guide now

Our souls ev­er that they nev­er

May for­sake Thee.

May in love be still in­creas­ing.

Thou fount­ain whence all wis­dom flows

Which God on pi­ous hearts be­stows

Grant us Thy con­so­la­tion

That in our pure faith’s uni­ty

We faith­ful wit­ness­es may be

Of grace that bring sal­va­tion.

Hear us

cheer us

By Thy teach­ing; let our preach­ing

And our la­bor praise Thee

Lord

and serve our neigh­bor.

Left to our­selves

we shall but stray;

O lead us on the nar­row way

With wis­est coun­sel guide us;

And give us stead­fast­ness

that we

May hence­forth tru­ly fol­low Thee

Whatever woes be­tide us;

Heal Thou gent­ly hearts now brok­en

Give some tok­en Thou art near us

Whom we trust to light and cheer us.

Thy heav’n­ly strength sus­tain our heart

That we may act the val­iant part

With Thee as our re­li­ance;

Be Thou our re­fuge and our shield

That we may nev­er quit the field

But bid all foes de­fi­ance.

Descend

de­fend

From all er­rors and earth’s ter­rors

Thy sal­va­tion be our con­stant con­so­la­tion.

O migh­ty Rock

O Source of life

Let Thy dear word ’mid doubt and strife

Be so with­in us burn­ing

That we be faith­ful un­to death

In Thy pure love and ho­ly faith

From Thee true wis­dom learn­ing!

Lord

Thy graces on us show­er;

By Thy pow­er Christ con­fess­ing

Let us win His grace and bless­ing.

O gen­tle dew

from Heav­en now fall

With pow­er up­on the hearts of all

Thy ten­der love in­still­ing

That heart to heart more close­ly bound

In kind­ly deeds be fruit­ful found

The law of love ful­fill­ing.

Dwell thus in us; en­vy ban­ish;

Strife will van­ish where Thou liv­est.

Peace and love and joy Thou giv­est.

Grant that our days

while life shall last

In pur­est ho­li­ness be passed;

Our minds so rule and strength­en

That they may rise o’er things of earth

The hopes and joys that here have birth;

And if our course Thou length­en

Keep Thou pure

Lord

from of­fens­es

Heart and sens­es; bless­èd Spir­it

Bid us thus true life in­her­it.