Reed: Spirit divine

Wednesday, March 21, 2018
Meditation:
    After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
    —Acts 4:31 (NIV)
Quotation:
Spirit divine, attend our prayers.
    And make this house thy home;
Descend with all thy gracious powers;
    O come, great spirit, come!

Come as the light; to us reveal
    Our emptiness and woe;
And lead us in the paths of life
    Where all the righteous go.

Come as the wind: sweep clean away
    What dead within us lies,
And search and freshen all our souls
    With living energies.

Come as the fire: and purge our hearts
    Like sacrificial flame;
Let our whole soul as offering be
    To our Redeemer’s name.

Spirit divine, attend our prayers,
    Make a lost world thy home;
Descend with all thy gracious powers:
    O come, great Spirit, come!
    ... Andrew Reed (1787-1862), in 1829, included in Memoirs of the Life and Philanthropic Labours of Andrew Reed, D. D., comp. Andrew Reed, Charles Reed, London: Strahan & Co., 1863, p. 332 (see the book)
    See also Acts 4:31; 2 Chr. 5:14; Ezek. 39:29; Joel 2:28; Rom. 8:9
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, Your breath has shaken and cleansed my home.

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