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Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: Our blest Redeemer ere he breathed (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: Our blest Redeemer ere he breathed

Topic: Holy Spirit

Writer: Harriet Auber

Composer: Anonymous

Meter: CM

Tune: Edmeston

Hymn Number: 310

Page Number: 103, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

OUR blest Redeemer, ere he breathed

His tender, last farewell,

A Guide, a Comforter bequeathed,

With us on earth to dwell.



He came in tongues of living flame,

To teach, convince, subdue;

All powerful as the wind he came,

And all as viewless, too.



He came, sweet influence to impart,

A gracious, willing Guest,

While he can find one humble heart

Wherein to fix his rest.



Spirit of purity and grace,

Our weakness, pitying see;

O make our hearts thy dwelling-place,

Purer and worthier thee!