Hymn 48

Melody
  1. Come praise the Holy Spirit!
    The prophets he inspired;
    they after our salvation
    unceasingly inquired.
    They spoke of Christ our Saviour,
    of grace that was to be,
    proclaimed to us the wonders
    which angels long to see.

  2. The gospel of salvation
    God has to us revealed,
    and we, the Word believing,
    were with the Spirit sealed.
    What none had seen or heard of
    has been to us declared;
    what no man had imagined
    God has for us prepared.

  3. Led by the Holy Spirit,
    our flesh we crucify;
    in him shall we find freedom
    as unto sin we die.
    O Spirit, by your power
    our faithfulness increase,
    and reap in us your harvest
    of love and joy and peace.

  4. When we cry, “Abba! Father!”
    the Spirit witness bears
    that God made us his children
    and we, with Christ, are heirs.
    The Spirit, as the firstfruits
    of glorious liberty,
    helps us await with patience
    what we do not yet see.