Spirit of Heav’nly Counsel, Come

Spirit of heav’n­ly coun­sel

come

Our le­gis­lat­ors teach Thy will;

To stay a sink­ing na­tion’s doom

The wis­dom from above re­veal;

Nor let them join the im­pi­ous crowd

Nor let them scorn to fear their God.

The wis­dom that de­parts from sin

The gra­cious prin­ci­ple in­fuse

To keep their hands and con­sci­ence clean

To fit them for their Sav­ior’s use;

Now

Sav­ior

now to each im­part

A sin­gle eye

and up­right heart.

Now let the ge­ne­rous pa­tri­ots rise

The bur­den of our land to share

With plea­sure

lux­ury

and vice

To wage an ev­er­last­ing war

Bold to de­fend re­li­gion’s cause

And glo­ry in Thy slight­ed cross.

Their first con­cern

their fore­most aim

Thy king­dom to ad­vance be­low

While all unit­ed in Thy name

Their zeal for thy of­fi­cials show

Upon their hearts their coun­try take

And love

and save her for Thy sake.