Thrice-Blessed Spirit! Giver of salvation,
Purchased by Jesus on the cross of shame;
Dwell in our hearts; transform them with Thy beauty —
Fairest adorning of our Saviour's name.
Thy sevenfold grace bestow upon us freely: —
Love, deep and full, to God and all mankind;
Joy in the Lord, ‘mid every earthly sorrow;
Peace, calm and sweet, that guardeth heart and mind.
Make us long-suffering ‘mid earth's provocations;
Gentleness give us, when enduring wrong;
Goodness impart, that we e'en foes may succour,
Faithfulness grant, to change our toil to song.
Meekness bestow, with humble selfabasement,
And Self-control, through Thy controlling might:
And as we list to every call of duty,
May we do all as in Thy searching sight.
Then with the gift of holiness within us;
We not less human, but made more divine;
Our lives replete with heaven's supernal beauty,
Ever declare— That beauty, Lord, is Thine.