MHB 294 – COME holy celestial Dove

Methodist-Hymns-294

1:  COME holy celestial Dove,
To visit a sorrowful breast,
My burden of guilt to remove,
And bring me assurance and rest!
Thou only hast power to relieve
A sinner o’erwhelmed with his load,
The sense of acceptance to give,
And sprinkle his heart with the blood.

2:  With me if of old Thou hast strove,
And strangely withheld from my sin,
And tried, by the lure of Thy love,
My worthless affections to win;
The work of Thy mercy revive,
Thy uttermost mercy exert,n And kindly continue to strive,
And hold, till I yield Thee my heart.

3:  Thy call if I ever have known,
And sighed from myself to get free,
And groaned the unspeakable groan,
And longed to be happy in Thee;
Fulfil the imperfect desire,
Thy peace to my conscience reveal,
The sense of Thy favour inspire,
And give me my pardon to feel.

4:  If when I had put Thee to grief,
And madly to folly returned,
Thy pity hath been my relief,
And lifted me up as I mourned;
Most pitiful Spirit of grace,
Relieve me again, and restore,
My spirit in holiness raise,
To fall and to suffer no more. Amen.