Whit Sunday (Holy Spirit ! long expected.)

Holy Spirit! long expected.
Come, Thou slow-returning Dove,
And the olive-branch rejected,
O, bring with Thee from above!
Holy Spirit!
Let the savour
Of Thy favour
Comfort all our hearts with love.

Comforter of those in sorrow!
Guide to those who go astray!
Teacher, all whose lessons borrow
Light from what the Lord did say;
Holy Spirit!
Let Thy guiding,
Grace providing,
Lead us upward into Day!

Thou Advocate! ' whose pleading
Wins back those whose souls have err'd,
While, for sinners interceding,
Christ their Advocate-j- is heard;
Holy Spirit!
Let Thy praises
Help to raise us
Nearer to th' Eternal Word!

Praise to God, the glorious Giver!
Praise to Christ, the Gift bestow'd!
Praise to Thee, the Spirit! ever
Make our hearts Thy blest abode.
Holy Spirit!
Dwell within us,
Gently win us
Back, in Thy good time, to God!