Author: Paul Gerhardt; John Christian Jacobi; Samuel Longfellow Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 30 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Holy Spirit, source of gladness,
Come with all Thy radiance bright;
O’er our weariness and sadness
Breathe Thy life and shed Thy light!
Send us Thine illumination,
Banish all our fears at length;
Rest upon this congregation,
Spirit of unfailing strength.
2. Let that love which knows no measure,
Now in quickening showers descend,
Bringing us the richest treasures
Man can wish or God can send;
Hear our earnest supplication,
Every struggling heart release;
Rest upon this congregation,
Spirit of untroubled peace! Used With Tune: BEECHER Text Sources: Praxis Pietatis Melica, by Johann Crüger, 3rd edition, 1648; Adapted in the Unitarian Book of Hymns, 1848
Holy Spirit, Source of Gladness