Come Holy Ghost, Our Hearts Inspire

131 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,
   thy 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.
                         Charles Wesley
                         The Methodist Hymnal 1964 edition