Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire

Come, Holy Ghost, our hearts inspire. Charles Wesley* (1707-1788). First published in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), with the title ‘Before Reading the Scriptures’, as the third of three hymns addressed in turn to each Person of the Trinity. In its original form, consisting of four 4-line stanzas, the hymn has continued to be widely used, both within Methodism and by many other churches, though with minor alterations to the 1740 text, which was as follows: Come, Holy Ghost, our Hearts inspire,  Let us Thy Influence prove;Source of the old Prophetick Fire,  Fountain of Life, and Love. Come, Holy Ghost, (for, mov’d by Thee  Thy Prophets wrote and spoke:)Unlock the Truth, Thyself the Key,...

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