Come, Lord, to our souls come down
Come, Lord, to our souls come down. Howard Charles Adie Gaunt* (1902-83).
This hymn was first published in 100HfT (1969). It was written to be sung between the Epistle and the Gospel at Holy Communion, and is therefore short: it is a hymn of preparation. In its first printing, verse 3 lines 3-4 were:
Make us, Lord, by your own Word,
More and more believing.
Both HP and RS altered these lines, concerned that ‘more and more’ might mean quantity rather than depth:
HPRS
Stir us, Lord, by your own word; Deepen our believing.
lead us, Lord, by your own Word; strengthen our believing.
A&MCP sensibly retains Gaunt’s original text, though changing ‘Word’ to...
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