Text: | Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest |
Author: | Rabanas Mauras, d. 856 |
Tune: | [Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest] |
1 Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest,
Vouchsafe within our souls to rest;
Come with Thy grace and heavenly aid
And fill the hearts which Thou hast made.
2 To Thee, the Comforter, we cry,
To Thee, the gift of God most high,
The fount of life, the fire of love,
The souls' anointing from above.
3 The sevenfold gifts of grace are Thine,
O finger of the hand divine;
True promise of the Father Thou,
Who dost the tongue with speech endow.
4 Thy light to every thought impart,
And shed Thy love in every heart;
The weakness of our mortal state
With deathless might invigorate.
5 Drive far away our wily foe,
And Thine abiding peace bestow;
If Thou be our protecting guide,
No evil can our steps betide.
6 Make Thou to us the Father known;
Teach us th'eternal Son to own,
And Thee, whose name we ever bless,
Of both the Spirit, to confess.
7 Praise we the Father and Son,
And Holy Spirit, Thee in One:
And may the Son on us bestow
The gifts that from the Spirit flow.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest |
Author: | Rabanas Mauras, d. 856 |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1913 |
Topic: | The Church Year: Fourth Sunday after Easter; Beginning of Service |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest] |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | German, 1524 |