Hymns and Tunes 1886 148
Spirit of light, and truth, and love
Words: Thomas Haweis
1Spirit of light, and truth, and love,
Thy heavenly influence give;
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,
That we in Christ may live.
2To our benighted minds reveal
The glories of his grace,
And bring us where no clouds conceal
The brightness of his face.
3His love within us shed abroad,
Life's ever-living well,
Till God in us, and we in God,
In love eternal dwell.
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- Thomas Haweis
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- 8.8.10.6
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- iambic (da-DUM) · 55% of beats fit
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Verse 1
Spirit of light, and truth, and love,/˘˘/˘/˘/8A
Thy heavenly influence give;//˘˘/˘˘/8B
Quicken our souls, our guilt remove,/˘/˘//˘/˘/10C
That we in Christ may live.˘˘˘/˘/6D
Verse 2
To our benighted minds reveal˘/˘˘/˘/˘/9A
The glories of his grace,˘/˘˘˘/6B
And bring us where no clouds conceal˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
The brightness of his face.˘/˘˘˘/6B
Verse 3
His love within us shed abroad,˘/˘/˘/˘/8A
Life's ever-living well,/????/6B
Till God in us, and we in God,//˘˘˘˘˘/8C
In love eternal dwell.˘/˘/˘/6B
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.