However, Friday in chapel, the Taylor Ringers played this hymn. No one sang it, and I don't remember the tune, but I did write down the first verse, which was up on the projector screen and has stuck with me:
Spirit of God, descend upon my heart,
Wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
Stoop to my weakness, mighty as Thou art,
And make me love Thee as I ought to love.
The last bit, "make me love Thee as I ought to love" really caught me. I wish I could love God and others as I ought to.
I googled these lines and found the rest of the hymn, which I like very much, although I don't know what it sounds like.
I ask no dream, no prophet ecstasies,
No sudden rending of the veil of clay,
No angel visitant, no opening skies:
But take the dimness of my soul above.
Hast Thou not bid us love Thee, God and King?
All, all Thine own, soul, heart and strength and mind!
I see Thy cross, there teach my heart to cling:
O let me seek Thee, and O let me find!
Teach me to feel that Thou art always nigh;
Teach me the struggles of the soul to bear,
To check the rising doubt, the rebel sigh;
Teach me the patience of unanswered prayer.
Teach me to love Thee as Thine angels love,
One holy passion filling all my frame;
The baptism of the heaven descended Dove;
My heart an altar, and Thy love the flame.
1 comment:
I like hymns :-) The prayer of my heart has been, "Lord, make me want to want You". I think that's been my problem all my life, is that I feel like I have to seek God with my own strength, but in reality we just have to let go and let Him draw us nearer to Him. That hymn is a good prayer for when you're trying to do it on your own.
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