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Text:Blest Comforter Divine
Author:Lydia H. Sigourney
Tune:WOOLWICH
Composer:Charles Edward Kettle
Media:MIDI file

575. Blest Comforter Divine

1. Blest Comforter divine,
Whose rays of heav’nly love
Amid our gloom and darkness shine,
And guide our souls above;

2. Thou, who with still small voice
Dost stop the sinner’s way,
And bid the mourning saint rejoice,
Though earthly joys decay;

3. Thou, whose inspiring breath
Can make the cloud of care,
And e’en the gloomy vale of death,
A smile of glory wear;

4. Thou, who dost fill the heart
With love to all our race;
Blest Comforter, to us impart
The blessings of Thy grace.

Text Information
First Line: Blest Comforter divine
Title: Blest Comforter Divine
Author: Lydia H. Sigourney (1824)
Meter: SM
Language: English
Source: Village Hymns, by Asahel Nettleton, 1824
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WOOLWICH
Composer: Charles Edward Kettle (1876)
Meter: SM
Incipit: 32343 22123 21121
Key: G Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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