Hymns of Truth and Light ‎#229

229. Spirit, Come, Dispel Our Sadness

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Text Information

• First Line: Spirit, come, dispel our sadness
• Title: Spirit, Come, Dispel Our Sadness
• Author (Sts. 1, 3): Paul Gerhardt (1648)
• Translator: John Christian Jacobi (c. 1725, alt.)
• Author (St. 2): Jane Marshall (1975)
• Meter: 87.87D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1998
• Topic: Church: Christian Community; Holy Spirit
• Copyright: Words, st. 2 © 1975 Hinshaw Music, Inc.

Tune Information

• Name: PLEADING SAVIOR
• Meter: 87.87D
• Key: E Major
• Source: Joshua Leavitt's The Christian Lyre, 1831

Text Information:

The Pietist movement in the 1600's in Germany placed the spirit of God's love over the legalism of doctrine. It gave birth not only to Paul Gerhardt's hymns but also to the music of J. S. Bach