Hymn

ENGLISH LYRICS: Come down, O love Divine

The love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit which given unto us. Rom 5:5

1.  Come down, O love Divine,
    Seek Thou this soul of mine,
    And visit it with Thine own ardour glowing;
    O Comforter, draw near,
    Within my heart appear,
    And kindle it, Thy holy flame bestowing.

2.  O let it freely burn.
    Till earthly passions turn
    To dust and ashes, in its heat consuming;
    And let Thy glorious light
    Shine ever on my sight.
    And clothe me round, the while my path illuming

3.  Let Holy charity
    Mine outward vesture be,
    And lowliness become mine inner clothing;
    True lowliness of heart,
    Which takes the humbler part,
    And o'er its own shortcomings
    Weeps with loathing.

4.  And so the yearning strong,
    With which the soul will long,
    Shall for out pass the pow'r of human telling;
    For none can guess its grace,
    Till he become the place,
    Wherein the Holy Spirit makes
    His dwelling

Amen.

YORUBA LYRICS: Ife orun jo'o wa

A ti tan ife Olorun ka okan wa lati odo Emi Mimo wa ti a fi fun wa. Rom. 5:5


1. Ife orun jo'o wa
   S'awariokan mi
   Fi 'mole jeje re be okan mi wo
   Olutunu jo'o wa,
   F'ara han n’n’Okan mi,
   Si mu ki ina mimo Re mu soji

2. Je ko ma jo gere,
   Titi ifekufe
   Yi o jona di eeru at'ekuru
   K ‘imole ogo Re
   Tan ni gbogb' ona mi,
   K'o bo mi lara bi aso titi lae

3. Fi ife mimo se
   Ewu agbada mi;
   Ati iwa ‘rele, s'awotele mi;
   F'okan mimo toto
   Ti irele okan
   Ti nsokun fun ese mi gbogbo fun mi

4. ‘Gbana okan mi yi
   Y’o di alagbara
   Lati se ‘fe Re ju b’a ti le ro lo;
   Ko s’eda na t’o mo
   Tor’ -ofe okan wa
   Titi y’o fi di ite Emi mimo.
AMIN

Composed by: Ralph Vaughan Williams