COME, O CREATOR, SPIRIT BLEST

Come, O Creator, Spirit blest,\nAnd in our souls take up thy rest;\nCome with thy grace and heavenly aid,\nTo fill the hearts which thou hast made.\n2. Great Paraclete, to thee we cry,\n74\nO highest gift of God most high;\nO Fount of Life, O Fire of Love,\nAnd sweet anointing from above.\n3. Thou in thy sevenfold gifts art known,\nThe finger of God’s hand we own;\nThe promise of the Father thou,\nWho dost the tongue with pow’r endow.\n4. Our senses kindle from above,\nAnd make our hearts o’erflow with love;\nWith patience firm and virtue high\nThe weakness of our flesh supply.\n5. Drive far from us the foe we dread\nAnd grant us thy true peace instead;\nSo shall we not, with thee for Guide,\nTurn from the path of Life aside.\n6. Oh, may thy grace on us bestow\nThe Father and the Son to know,\nAnd thee, through endless times confess’d,\nOf both th’eternal Spirit blest.\n7. All glory while the ages run\nBe to the Father and the Son,\nWho rose from death; the same to thee,\nO Holy Ghost, eternally.