Gospel Message Day 122

Holy Ghost, Part 7 

I'm on the tired side of the evening. So I'm going to do a brief post that I've had in mind for this topic but had other things to say before. I love hymns about the Spirit--for they clearly tell about His role as teacher, guide, and comforter. Composers do so much better than I do at putting things so well in words. Thus, here are a few of those hymns' lyrics. (This first is my most favorite about the Spirit.)

Let the Holy Spirit Guide

31243, Hymns, Let the Holy Spirit Guide, no. 143

1. Let the Holy Spirit guide;
Let him teach us what is true.
He will testify of Christ,
Light our minds with heaven's view.

2. Let the Holy Spirit guard;
Let his whisper govern choice.
He will lead us safely home
If we listen to his voice.

3. Let the Spirit heal our hearts
Thru his quiet, gentle pow'r.
May we purify our lives
To receive him hour by hour.

Text: Penelope Moody Allen, b. 1939. © 1985 IRI

Music: Martin Shaw, 1875-1958. © 1915 by J. Curwen & Sons, Ltd. Used by permission. International copyright secured. All rights reserved. Making copies without written permission of the copyright owner is prohibited.

Verse 2 from Our Savior's Love

1. The Spirit, voice
   Of goodness, whispers to our hearts
   A better choice
   Than evil's anguished cries.
   Loud may the sound
   Of hope ring till all doubt departs,
   And we are bound
   To him by loving ties.
2. Text: Edward L. Hart, b. 1916. (c) 1977 IRI
   Music: Crawford Gates, b. 1921. (c) 1977 IRI

Verse 3 from Oh, May My Soul Commune with Thee

1. Enfold me in thy quiet hour
   And gently guide my mind
   To seek thy will, to know thy ways,
   And thy sweet Spirit find.
2. Text and music: Lorin F. Wheelwright, 1909-1987 (c) 1958, 1985 Lorin F. Wheelwright

Thy Spirit, Lord, Has Stirred Our Souls

1. 1. Thy Spirit, Lord, has stirred our souls,
   And by its inward shining glow
   We see anew our sacred goals
   And feel thy nearness here below.
   No burning bush near Sinai
   Could show thy presence, Lord, more nigh.
2. 2. "Did not our hearts within us burn?"
   We know the Spirit's fire is here.
   It makes our souls for service yearn;
   It makes the path of duty clear.
   Lord, may it prompt us, day by day,
   In all we do, in all we say.
3. Text: Frank I. Kooyman, 1880-1963. (c) 1948 IRI
   Music: Alexander Schreiner, 1901-1987. (c) 1948 IRI