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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Lord let thy spirit penetrate (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Lord let thy spirit penetrate

Topic: Holy Spirit

Writer: Horatius Bonar

Composer: William Mather

Meter: CM

Tune: Medfield

Hymn Number: 40

Page Number: 015, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

LORD, let thy Spirit penetrate

This heart and soul of mine;

And my whole being with thy grace

Pervade, O Life divine!



As this clear air-surrounds the earth,

Thy grace around me roll;

As the fresh light pervades the air,

So pierce and fill my soul.