679 C.M. D. Herbert
Prayer. Matt. 18. 20; Exod. 20. 24
1
Come, thou Almighty Comforter,
 
And bring upon thy wing
 
Sweet consolation to each soul,
 
That we may praise and sing.
2
We want to feel, we want to see,
 
We want to know thee more;
 
We want sweet foretastes of thy love,
 
As we have had before.
3
And shall we come in vain to God?
 
Dear Lord, that cannot be;
 
Thy promise stands engaged to come,
 
And bless e’en two or three.
4
Come, Lord, and grant each soul to feel
 
Its interest in thy grace;
 
And give us faith, and hope, and love,
 
And strength to run the race.
5
[If thou should’st leave us, we must fall;
 
Without thee, cannot rise;
 
For when our Jesus hides his face,
 
Our hope, our comfort, dies.]
6
Lord, give more faith, more solid faith,
 
More confidence in thee;
 
Break off our legal chains, O God,
 
And let our souls go free.