The document is a song about the Holy Spirit. It discusses how the Holy Spirit came at Pentecost and empowered the early Christians to spread the gospel despite persecution. It calls upon the Holy Spirit again to empower Christians today as darkness grips the earth, noting that great revivals in the past came when believers sought the Lord in prayer. The song pleads for the Holy Spirit to fill believers with love and power to meet current challenges.

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2. The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost,
He came in mighty fullness then;
His witness thru believers won the lost,
And multitudes were born again,
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3. The early Christians scattered o’er the
world.
They preached the gospel fearlessly;
Tho’ some were martyred and lions buried,
They marched along in victory!
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4. Come, Holy Spirit,
Dark is the hour,
We need your
filling,
Your love and your
mighty power, 4
Spirit

5. us,
Stir us we pray,
Come Holy
Spirit
Revive the 5
Spirit

6. The Holy Spirit came at Pentecost,
He came in mighty fullness then;
His witness thru believers won the lost,
And multitudes were born again,
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7. The early Christians scattered o’er the
world.
They preached the gospel fearlessly;
Tho’ some were martyred and lions buried,
They marched along in victory!
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8. Come, Holy Spirit,
Dark is the hour,
We need your
filling,
Your love and your
mighty power, 8
Spirit

9. us,
Stir us we pray,
Come Holy
Spirit
Revive the 9
Spirit

10. Then in an age when darkness gripped the
earth,
The just shall live by faith was learned;
The Holy Spirit gave the Church new birth,
As reformation fires burned,
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11. In later years the great revivals came,
When saints would seek the Lord and
pray,
O once again we need that holy flame,
To meet the challenge of today! 11
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12. Come, Holy Spirit,
Dark is the hour,
We need your
filling,
Your love and your
mighty power, 12
Spirit

13. us,
Stir us we pray,
Come Holy
Spirit
Revive the 13
Spirit

14. Come Holy
Spirit
Revive the
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Spirit