*Pastor’s Note: A.B. Simpson was a very well respected Canadian preacher, theologian and author who lived from December 15, 1843 to October 29, 1919. My prayer is that you will be blessed and inspired by his poetry as much as I am.

O COMFORTER, GENTLE AND TENDER

O comforter, gentle and tender,
O holy and heavenly Dove,
We’re yielding our hearts in surrender,
We’re waiting Thy fulness to prove.

Come, strong as the wind o’er the ocean,
Or soft as the breathing of morn,
Subduing our spirit’s commotion
And cheering when hearts are forlorn.

Oh, come as the heart-searching fire,
Oh, come as the sin-cleansing flood,
Consume us with holy desire
And fill with the fulness of God.

Anoint us with gladness and healing;
Baptize us with power from on high;
Oh, come with Thy filling and sealing
While low at Thy footstool we lie.

From Songs of the Spirit: Poetry by A. B. Simpson. Public Domain