| Angel and
Saint, O Michael of the oracles, O Michael of great miracles, Bear to the Lord my plaint! Hear my request! Ask of the great, forgiving God, To lift this vast and grievous load Of sin from off my breast. Why, Michael, tarry My fervent prayer with upward wing Unto the King, the great High King Of Heaven and Earth, to carry? Unto my soul Bring help, bring comfort, yea bring power To win release, in death's black hour, From sin, distress, and dole. Till, as devoutly My fading eyes seek Heaven's dim height, To meet me with thy myriads bright, Do thou adventure stoutly. Captain of hosts, Against earth's wicked, crooked clan To aid me lead thy battle van And quell their cruel boasts. [49] Archangel glorious, Disdain not now thy suppliant urgent, But over every sin insurgent Set me at last victorious. Thou art my choosing! That with my body, soul, and spirit Eternal life I may inherit, Thine aid be not refusing. In my sore need O thou of Anti-Christ the slayer, Triumphant victor, to my prayer Give heed, O now give heed! |
MAELISU'S HYMN TO THE HOLY SPIRIT
| O Holy Spirit,
hasten to us! Move round about us, in us, through us! All our deadened souls' desires Inflame anew with heavenly fires! Yea! let each heart become a hostel Of Thy bright Presence Pentecostal, Whose power from pestilence and slaughter Shall shield us still by land and water. From bosom sins, seducing devils, From Hell with all its hundred evils, For Jesus' only sake and merit, Preserve us, Thou Almighty Spirit! |