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Text:Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:METROPOLITAN
Composer:Melville Cooke

385. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

1. Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire,
let us thine influence prove,
source of the old prophetic fire,
fountain of life and love.

2. Come, Holy Ghost (for moved by thee
the prophets wrote and spoke),
unlock the truth, thyself the key,
unseal the sacred book.

3. Expand thy wings, Celestial Dove,
brood o'er our nature's night;
on our disordered spirits move,
and let there now be light.

4. God, through himself, we then shall know
if thou within us shine,
and sound, with all thy saints below,
the depths of love divine.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire (Wesley)
Title: Come, Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire
Author: Charles Wesley (1740)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture: ;
Topic: Prophets
Tune Information
Name: METROPOLITAN
Composer: Melville Cooke (1968)
Meter: CM
Key: B♭ Major
Copyright: Used by permission



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