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SPIRITUAL MAGAZINE NO. 15
235

Thy Holy Spirit send,
That He support may lend,
So that we faithful follow
Thy word unto the end.
 
16.
Whene'er our hearts are sinking
Within the narrow way,
Assist us then in thinking
That any wish to stray
May, from Thy judgment stool
Into the fiery pool,
Us hurl below forever,
Where waters never cool.
 
17.
Whenever earthly rapture,
Or arrogance or lust,
Shall with allurements capture,
Oh! help us to distrust —
Enable us to see
What endless misery
For transitory pleasures
Will ever ready be.
 
18.
Oh, let us be o'erflowing
With true humility;
The lamp of faith be glowing
That all of us may see
False glimmerings to shun:
The world be overdone;
The victory o'er fleshly things
By lowliness be won.
 
19.
Oh! send us from above,
Thou Bridegroom of the soul!
Thou source of purest love!
A living burning coal