Ezekiel 9, Part 3

Stay, Thou departing Spirit stay,
Nor take Thy presence quite away!
Though now our languid hearts bemoan
Thy glory to the threshold gone,
Yet do not, Lord, withdraw Thy light,
Or leave us to eternal night.

Arise into Thy resting-place.
As in those wondrous ancient days,
When God appeared to dwell with men.
Betwixt the mystic cherubs seen,
Worshipp'd by all the angel choir,
And symbolized by living fire.

Now to Thy drooping church return,
Thou Comforter of all that mourn.
Thy suppliants in Thy temple meet,
And bless us from Thy mercy-seat.
And still in our assemblies shine.
The dazzling Shechinah Divine.

The tokens of Thy presence show.
And guard us from the' invading foe:
Thy glory be our sure defence,
Our buckler Thy omnipotence.
Nor ever from Thine house remove.
When fill'd with all the life of love.