Hymn: Come to our poor nature's night
- Title: Come to our poor nature's night
- First Line: Come to our poor nature's night
- Hymnal: The Hymnal: Revised and Enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892
- Denomination: (Protestant) Episcopal Church
- Publisher: The Century Co.
- Publication Date: 1894
Author(s)
- Author Name: George Rawson
- Born: 1807
- Died: 1889
- Gender: M
Full Text
1 Come to our poor nature's night With Thy bless'd inward light, Holy Ghost, the infinite, Comforter divine. 2 We are sinful, cleanse us, Lord; Sick and faint, Thy strength afford; Lost, until by Thee restored; Comforter divine. 3 Orphan are our souls and poor; Give us from Thy heavenly store Faith, love, joy for evermore, Comforter divine. 4 Like the dew our peace distil; Guide, subdue our wayward will, Things of Christ unfolding still, Comforter divine. 5 Gentle, awful, holy Guest, Make Thy temple in each breast; There Thy presence by confest, Comforter divine. 6 With us, for us, intercede, And with voiceless groanings plead Our unutterable need, Comforter divine. 7 In us, 'Abba, Father,' cry; Earnest of the bliss on high, Seal of immortality, Comforter divine. 8 Search for us the depths of God; Upwards, by the starry road, Bear us to Thy high abode, Comforter divine. Amen.