Words Within the Music

#226 in The Hymnal 1982, in the Pentecost section.

1.Come, thou Holy Spirit bright; come with thy celestial light;
pour on us thy love divine.
Come protector of the poor; come thou source of blessings sure;
come within our hearts to shine.

2. Thou, of comforters the best, thou, the soul's most welcome guest,
of our peace thou art the sign.
In our labor, be our aid; in our summer, cooling shade.
Every bitter tear refine.

3. Brighter than the noonday sun, fill our lives which Christ has won;
fill our hearts and make them thine.
Where thou are not, we have nought; all our word and deed and thought
twisted from thy true design.

4. Bend the stubborn heart and will; melt the frozen, warm the chill;
rule us by thy judgement's line.
Cleanse us with thy healing power; what is barren bring to flower;
to thy love our sins consign.

5. To the people who adore and confess thee evermore,
thy blest sevenfold gift assign.
Grant us thy salvation, Lord, boundless mercy our reward,
joys which earth and heaven entwine.

Acts 2 (New International Version)
The Holy Spirit Comes at Pentecost
"1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them. "

Blessings to you,
Jen