178 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest

1 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, And make our hearts your place of rest; Come with your grace and heav'nly aid, And fill the hearts which you have made. 2 To you, the Counselor, we cry, To you, the gift of God most high, The fount of life, the fire of love, The soul's anointing from above. 3 Your light to ev'ry thought impart, And shed your love in ev'ry heart; The weakness of our mortal state With deathless might invigorate. 4 Drive far away our wily foe, And your abiding peace bestow; If you are our protecting guide, No evil can with us abide. 5 Teach us to know the Father, Son, And you, from both, as Three in One That we your name may ever bless And in our lives the truth confess. 6 Praise we the Father and the Son And Holy Spirit, with them One, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow! Amen.