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Hymns and Tunes 1876 171

Spirit Divine, attend our prayer

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1Spirit Divine, attend our prayer, And make our hearts thy home; Descend with all thy gracious power; Come, Holy Spirit, come!

2Come as the light; to us reveal Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in those paths of life Where all the righteous go.

3Come as the fire, and purge our hearts, Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul an offering be, To our Redeemer's name.

4Come as the wind, with rushing sound, With Pentecostal grace; And spread thy wings of power abroad, Wide as the human race.

5Spirit Divine, attend our prayer, And make our hearts thy home; And with all thy gracious power Come, Holy Spirit, come!

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The verse

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iambic (da-DUM) · 37% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Spirit Divine, attend our prayer, And make our hearts thy home; Descend with all thy gracious power; Come, Holy Spirit, come!/˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘///˘/˘///˘/˘//˘/˘/31A

Verse 2

Come as the light; to us reveal Our emptiness and woe; And lead us in those paths of life Where all the righteous go./˘˘/˘˘˘//˘/˘˘˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘///˘/˘/29A

Verse 3

Come as the fire, and purge our hearts, Like sacrificial flame; Let our whole soul an offering be, To our Redeemer's name./˘˘/˘˘//˘///˘/˘///˘//˘/˘˘˘˘/˘???/33A

Verse 4

Come as the wind, with rushing sound, With Pentecostal grace; And spread thy wings of power abroad, Wide as the human race./˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘///˘/˘˘//˘˘/˘/29A

Verse 5

Spirit Divine, attend our prayer, And make our hearts thy home; And with all thy gracious power Come, Holy Spirit, come!/˘˘/˘//˘/˘//˘///˘˘///˘/˘//˘/˘/30A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.