Oh, Enter, Lord, Thy Temple

Oh

enter

Lord

Thy tem­ple

Be Thou my spir­it’s guest

Who gav­est me

the earth-born

A se­cond birth more blest.

Thou in the God­head

Lord

Though here to dwell Thou deign­est

Forever eq­ual reign­est

Art eq­ual­ly ad­ored.

Oh

ent­er

let me know Thee

And feel Thy pow­er with­in

The pow­er that breaks our fet­ters

And res­cues us from sin;

Oh

wash and cleanse Thou me

That I may serve Thee tru­ly

And ren­der hon­or du­ly

With per­fect heart to Thee.

Thou art

O Ho­ly Spir­it

The true an­oint­ing oil

Through which are con­se­crat­ed

Soul

body

rest

and toil

To Christ

whose guard­ian wings

Where’er their lot ap­point­ed

Protect His own anoint­ed

His pro­phets

priests

and kings.

Thou

Ho­ly Spir­it

teach­est

The soul to pray aright;

Thy songs have sweet­est mu­sic

Thy pray­ers have won­drous might.

Unheard they can­not fall

They pierce the high­est heav­en

Till He His help hath giv’n

Who sure­ly help­eth all.

Thy gift is joy

O Spir­it

Thou wouldst not have us pine;

In dark­est hours Thy com­fort

Doth ev­er bright­ly shine.

And

oh

how oft Thy voice

Hath shed its sweet­ness o’er me

And op­ened heave­n be­fore me

And bid my heart re­joice!

All love is Thine

O Spir­it;

Thou hatest en­mi­ty;

Thou love­st peace and friend­ship

All strife wouldst have us flee;

Where wrath and dis­cord reign

Thy whis­per kind­ly plead­eth

And to the heart that heed­eth

Brings love and light again.

Our path in all things or­der

According to Thy mind

And when this life is ov­er

And all must be re­signed

Oh

grant us then to die

With calm and fear­less spir­it

And af­ter death in­her­it

Eternal life on high.