To the Holy Ghost

Verse 1

Stay, Thou insulted Spirit, stay, Though I have done Thee such despite; Nor cast the sinner quite away, Nor take Thine everlasting flight.

Verse 2

Though I have steeled my stubborn heart, And shaken off my guilty fears; And vexed, and urged Thee to depart, For many long rebellious years:

Verse 3

Though I have most unfaithful been, Of all who e’er Thy grace received; Ten thousand times Thy goodness seen; Ten thousand times Thy goodness grieved.

Verse 4

Yet, O, the chief of sinners spare, In honor of my great High Priest; Nor in Thy righteous anger swear To exclude me from Thy people’s rest. AMEN.