Hymn
His Influences Sought
Come, Holy Spirit, come,
With energy divine,
And on this poor benighted soul,
With beams of mercy shine.
From the celestial hills,
Light, life and joy dispense;
And may I daily, hourly feel
Thy quickening influence.
O melt this frozen heart,
This stubborn will subdue;
Each evil passion overcome,
And form me all anew.
The profit will be mine,
But thine shall be the praise;
Cheerful to Thee will I devote
The remnant of my days.
His Influences Sought — Text from International Song Service, 1895. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/his-influences-sought
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote His Influences Sought?
The words of His Influences Sought were written by Benjamin Beddome; the version here was published in 1895. The library holds 12 more hymns by Benjamin Beddome, including Fear Not and Thy Kingdom Come.
Is His Influences Sought public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from International Song Service, published in 1895. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of His Influences Sought?
His Influences Sought is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Stand Up, and Bless the Lord, At Home In Heaven and It Shall Be Well With the Righteous.