Scripture Verse

Prove Me now herewith, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of Heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that there shall not be room enough to receive it. Malachi 3:10

Introduction

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Henry B. Hartzler (1840–1920)

Words: Hen­ry B. Hartz­ler, 1891.

Music: Ira. O. Hoff­man (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hoffman (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Come, Holy Ghost, my spir­it fill,
Till ev­ery trem­bling chord
With love’s ec­sta­tic mu­sic thrill,
In full and sweet ac­cord!

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Open the beau­ti­ful win­dows of Heav’n,
The best of Thy boun­ti­ful bless­ings send down;
Come, let the Spir­it’s an­oint­ing be giv’n,
The faith of Thy peo­ple crown.

Thy will, O God, be done in me;
Attune my will to Thine,
That so my life a song may be
Of har­mo­ny di­vine.

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Then shall my life make me­lo­dy,
And tes­ti­fy to Thee,
Till oth­er hearts en­rap­tured be,
And Thy sal­va­tion see.

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Come, Ho­ly Ghost, come in! come in!
Possess my ran­somed soul!
Forever dwell and reign with­in,
With love’s su­preme con­trol.

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