355 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,

1 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid, And fill the hearts which Thou hast made. 2 To Thee, the Comforter, we cry To Thee, the gift of God most high, The fount of life, the fire of love, The souls' anointing from above. 3 The sevenfold gifts of grace are Thine, O finger of the hand divine; True promise of the Father Thou, Who dost the tongue with speech endow. 4 Thy light to every thought impart, And shed Thy love in every heart; The weakness of our mortal state With deathless might invigorate. 5 Drive far away our wily foe, And Thine abiding peace bestow; If Thou be our preventing guide, No evil can our steps betide. 6 Make Thou to us the Father known, Teach us th' eternal Son to own, And Thee, whose name we ever bless, Of both the Spirit, to confess. 7 Praise we the Father and the Son, And Holy Spirit, Three in One, And may the Son on us bestow The gifts that from the Spirit flow.