This Heavenly Visitor by Henry
Law O Lord Jesus Christ, most gracious Saviour, with grateful
joy we come to You. We know Your boundless love and
believe that You delight over us. We look to Your cross, and
we see how You have loved us. We remember your wondrous word,
I will ask the Father, and He shall give you another Comforter,
that He may abide with you for ever, even the Spirit of truth. We spread before you this most
blessed pledge. We present our empty hearts before
you, and we meekly beseech you to fill them with your Holy Spirit. we earnestly desire to be temples
entirely occupied by His presence. We are blind, send Him to give
us light. Darkness is around us and within
us. May He say, let there be light
and there shall be light. May He give us faith to see our
names engraved on your heart. our souls assuredly redeemed
by your blood, our lives of sinfulness gloriously covered by your life
of pure obedience. Replenish us with his revealing
grace, that we may realize our indissoluble oneness with you. that you have espoused us to
yourself forever in righteousness, and in judgment, and in loving-kindness,
and in mercies, and in faithfulness. That we are one with you as branches
are one with a stem, as a building is one with a foundation, and
that nothing can part us from your unchanging love. In the midst of our sorrows,
may His comforts cheer us. In all our trials, may His strength
sustain us. When we are disposed to faint
and be weary, may the dew of His blessing revive us. May His
presence render us very fruitful trees of holiness, by His might,
establish within us the reign of righteousness, and peace,
and joy. send him as the searcher of hearts,
to show us more of our utter corruption, that in deep self-abhorrence,
realizing our worse than helplessness, we may flee to you, cling more
closely to you, and receive you as the beginning and the end,
the first and the last of our salvation. by your Spirit, kindle within
us the undying flame of adoration, so that our heaven of praise
may commence on earth, and that the endless hallelujahs may be
no new song to us. so dispose our hearts, that when
He shall seek us with all these blessings on His wings, that
we may never vex Him by our indifference and waywardness, never grieve
Him by our cold welcome, never resist Him by our harsh rebellion,
but may we lift up the gates of our souls that this heavenly
visitor may come in and occupy the throne and rule for ever. Especially may your Spirit aid
us when we search the Scriptures. The depths are very deep, the
heights are exceeding high. We have no lines to fathom and
no wings to soar. But by His gracious help may
we be enabled to explore all truth, to love it with all our
hearts, to embrace it with all our powers, and to engraft it
in our lives. Thus may we daily become more
spiritually minded, which is life and peace. Accept and answer
our humble petitions, for your great name's sake. Amen.