Come, Holy Spirit, come,
With energy divine,
And on this poor, benighted soul
With beams of mercy shine.
O melt this frozen heart;
This stubborn will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form me all anew!
The profit will be mine,
But Thine shall be the praise;
And unto Thee will I devote
The remnant of my days.
About the writer: Benjamin Beddome, an English Baptist minister, was born in Warwickshire, England in 1717. He was apprenticed to an apothecary in Bristol but when he was 20 he began to prepare for the ministry. In 1743 he was ordained and became the pastor of a small Baptist Church at Bourton. Here he remained until his death in 1795. It was a frequent custom with him to write a hymn to be sung after his morning sermon. A volume of his hymns, over eight hundred in number, was published in 1818.
Key Verse: But I will send you the Counselor–the Spirit of truth. He will come to you from the Father and will tell you all about me. –John 15:26