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O Holy Spirit, come to bless

Author: H. W. Baker (1821-1877) Appears in 3 hymnals Topics: God, Spirit Breath of Life; Pentecost The Holy Spirit Used With Tune: ST. COLUMBA

ST. COLUMBA

Appears in 197 hymnals Tune Sources: Traditional Irish melody Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 12345 45321 12345 Used With Text: O Holy Spirit, Come to Bless

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Author: H. W. Baker, 1821-1877 Hymnal: Catholic Book of Worship III #410 (1994) Lyrics: 1 O Holy Spirit, come to bless Your waiting Church, we pray: We long to grow in holiness As children of the day. 2 Great gift of our ascended king, His saving truth reveal, Our tongues inspire his praise to sing, Our hearts his love to feel. 3 O come, creator Spirit, move As on the formless deep; Give life and order, light and love, Where now is death or sleep. 4 We offer up to you, O Lord, Ourselves to be your throne, Our ev'ry thought and deed and word To make your glory known. 5 O Holy Spirit, Lord of might, Through you all grace is giv'n: Grant us to know and serve aright One God in earth and heav'n. Topics: Pentecost Languages: English Tune Title: ST. COLUMBA

O Holy Spirit, come to bless

Author: H. W. Baker (1821-1877) Hymnal: Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) #238 (1987) Topics: God, Spirit Breath of Life; Pentecost The Holy Spirit Languages: English Tune Title: ST. COLUMBA

O Holy Spirit, come to bless

Hymnal: Church Family Worship #475 (1988) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Languages: English

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H. W. Baker

1821 - 1877 Person Name: H. W. Baker (1821-1877) Author of "O Holy Spirit, come to bless" in Hymns for Today's Church (2nd ed.) Baker, Sir Henry Williams, Bart., eldest son of Admiral Sir Henry Loraine Baker, born in London, May 27, 1821, and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated, B.A. 1844, M.A. 1847. Taking Holy Orders in 1844, he became, in 1851, Vicar of Monkland, Herefordshire. This benefice he held to his death, on Monday, Feb. 12, 1877. He succeeded to the Baronetcy in 1851. Sir Henry's name is intimately associated with hymnody. One of his earliest compositions was the very beautiful hymn, "Oh! what if we are Christ's," which he contributed to Murray's Hymnal for the Use of the English Church, 1852. His hymns, including metrical litanies and translations, number in the revised edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern, 33 in all. These were contributed at various times to Murray's Hymnal, Hymns Ancient & Modern and the London Mission Hymn Book, 1876-7. The last contains his three latest hymns. These are not included in Hymns Ancient & Modern. Of his hymns four only are in the highest strains of jubilation, another four are bright and cheerful, and the remainder are very tender, but exceedingly plaintive, sometimes even to sadness. Even those which at first seem bright and cheerful have an undertone of plaintiveness, and leave a dreamy sadness upon the spirit of the singer. Poetical figures, far-fetched illustrations, and difficult compound words, he entirely eschewed. In his simplicity of language, smoothness of rhythm, and earnestness of utterance, he reminds one forcibly of the saintly Lyte. In common with Lyte also, if a subject presented itself to his mind with striking contrasts of lights and shadows, he almost invariably sought shelter in the shadows. The last audible words which lingered on his dying lips were the third stanza of his exquisite rendering of the 23rd Psalm, "The King of Love, my Shepherd is:"— Perverse and foolish, oft I strayed, But yet in love He sought me, And on His Shoulder gently laid, And home, rejoicing, brought me." This tender sadness, brightened by a soft calm peace, was an epitome of his poetical life. Sir Henry's labours as the Editor of Hymns Ancient & Modern were very arduous. The trial copy was distributed amongst a few friends in 1859; first ed. published 1861, and the Appendix, in 1868; the trial copy of the revised ed. was issued in 1874, and the publication followed in 1875. In addition he edited Hymns for the London Mission, 1874, and Hymns for Mission Services, n.d., c. 1876-7. He also published Daily Prayers for those who work hard; a Daily Text Book, &c. In Hymns Ancient & Modern there are also four tunes (33, 211, 254, 472) the melodies of which are by Sir Henry, and the harmonies by Dr. Monk. He died Feb. 12, 1877. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)