Number: 067
English: 
Title: Gentle Spirit, do not Leave Me
Name: Converse
Words: Sam Jones
Music: Charles C. Converse
Copyright: 
Meter: 8.7.8.7.D
Form: 

Gen¤tle spir¤it, do not leave me,
Make my heart Thy dwell¤ing place,
Let Thy light dis¤pel my dark¤ness,
Fill my soul with truth and grace.
Come, pos¤sess this earth¤en ves¤sel,
Oth¤er lords I will not own,
Make me meet to be Thy Tem¤ple,
Thou must reign and Thou a¤lone.

“Be ye Ho¤ly,” this Thy mes¤sage
To Thy ran¤somed cho¤sen seed;
Thou a¤lone canst make me ho¤ly,
True in thought, in word and deed.
Give me now a quick¤ened con¤science,
Keep me pure and free from sin,
Come thou swift re¤fin¤ing spir¤it,
Purge my heart and dwell with¤in.

Lord, for Thee my soul is thirst¤ing
As a dry and thirst¤y land,
When shall I ap¤pear be¤fore Thee,
Meet with¤in Thy courts to stand.
In Thy pres¤ence is sal¤va¤tion,
In Thy fa¤vour life is found,
Blest in¤deed with eve¤ry bless¤ing,
Thus to stand on ho¤ly ground.

Hon¤oured thus to be Thy ser¤vant,
In Thy tem¤ple day and night,
Serv¤ing though the least and low¤est,
Strength¤en’d by Thy spir¤it’s might.
Con¤scious of Thy sweet for¤give¤ness,
All I am to Thee I owe,
All the heart’s deep joy and glad¤ness,
None but ran¤somed souls can know.

Serv¤ing with a con¤stant spir¤it:
With a low¤ly, qui¤et mind,
Ev¤er to Thy will  o¤be¤dient,
To Thy Ho¤ly law in¤clined.
Hav¤ing nought, pos¤sess¤ing all things,
In that life which is di¤vine,
Christ, the Fa¤ther’s heart dis¤clos¤ing,
Such a her¤i¤tage is mine.

Here and through e¤ter¤nal a¤ges,
Bliss no hu¤man tongue can tell,
Heirs of God, joint heirs with Je¤sus,
In the Fa¤ther’s heart to dwell,
Depths of glo¤ry none can fath¤om,
Bound¤less, vast, be¤yond de¤gree,
Wealth be¤yond all com¤pre¤hend¤ing,
Mine, yes mine, e¤ter¤nal¤ly.