TO THE HOLY GHOST.

New Zealand Tablet, 20 May 1915, Page 53

TO THE HOLY GHOST.

GOD OVER ALL,; BLESSED FOR EVER. ?. 0 Paraclete, Whom Jesus sent to me, Who, one with Him; J didst give Thyself to me, Thou Love of God Most High, Who lovest me, Thou King and Lord, Who sweetly drawest me, For life and light and love I come to Thee. * From Father and from Son proceedest Thou v Of Father and of Son the Love art Thou; Their kiss of everlasting peace art Thou; The Bond unbroken of their rest art Thou; ' One God with Father and with Son art Thou. My soul is dark and hopeless without Thee; My heart is weak and withered without Thee; My life is burnt like stubble, without Thee; 1 cannot say * My Jesus ' without Thee ; O, Loved One, pour Thy living light on me. I come to Thee, Almighty Living One, In poverty, of soul, O Living One ; In sinfulness and death, O Living One ; O make my spirit Thine, Thou Living One ; And be Thou mine, Thou Ever Living One. For sorrow for my sins, I come to Thee; For confidence in God, I come to Thee; For faithfulness to grace, I come to Thee; To keep, O Love, my promises to Thee, And walk in white with Jesus and with Thee. A Wind rain-laden from the south art Thou; The Dew that falleth in the night art Thou; A Fountain in a desert land art Thou ; A flame-girt Citadel of strength art Thou ; The fiery Furnace of God's love art Thou. O Spirit of my Lord, Who lightest me, Thou, Who didst come at Pentecost for me, Thou Love, Who seekest thirstingly for me, Burn up all evil and all death in me, And make my heart a holiness to Thee. O Gift of Jesus Crucified; O Love; Send down Thy showers upon Thy fields, O Love; Fill all tho valleys with Thy corn, O Love And girdle all the hills with joy, O Love; O First and Last; O uncreated Love. Thou stoopest in Thy deathless love to me, Thou fillest all the house of God for me, Thou crownest all the years with grace for me; Long-suffering Spirit, how I cling to Thee, And love and bless and praise and worship Thee. My Jesus gave Himself in death by Thee, A spotless Sacrifice to God by Thee: O perfect all Thy gifts and fruits in me, That, crowned and sceptred, I may dwell in Thee, White-robed, palm-bearing, in the light with TheeH. A. Rawes.