The Spirit in Gathered Worship
Asks the gathered community to receive God’s Spirit with humility, aspiration, and inward peace.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
ALMIGHTY GOD, from Whom cometh the spirit of all wisdom, grant that we, here gathered together, though we behold not its coming, may feel the incoming of Thy Spirit. Being lowered to humbleness, yet moved to aspiration, and desiring to conform in all things to the law of the Lord, may we feel the very presence of God. Grant that thus all our evil feelings may be subdued, and may Thy sweet peace that passeth all understanding possess our hearts and minds, through Jesus Christ our Lord.—AMEN.