Words: Anonymous, in A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for the Use of the Lock Chapel, 1803; verse 3 added in Bickersteth’s Christian Psalmody, 1833. Of this hymn, says, “It is sometimes attributed to ‘John Stewart;’ but we have failed to find authority for the statement.”
Music: Storrs, , 1883.
Come, Holy Spirit, calm my mind,
And fit me to approach my God;
Remove each vain, each worldly thought,
And lead me to Thy blest abode.
Hast Thou imparted to my soul
A living spark of heavenly fire?
O kindle now the sacred flame;
Teach it to burn with pure desire.
Impress upon my wandering mind
The love that Christ for sinners bore;
And give a new, a contrite heart,
A heart the Savior to adore.
A brighter faith and hope impart,
And let me now the Savior see;
O soothe and cheer my burdened heart,
And bid my spirit rest in Thee.