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Christ, the Fair Glory of the Holy Angels

Author: Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856; J. Athelstan Riley; Percy Dearmer Hymnal: CYBER #785 Meter: 11.11.11.5 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856 Lyrics: 1. Christ, the fair glory of the holy angels, Thou who hast made us, Thou who o’er us rulest, Grant of Thy mercy unto us Thy servants Steps up to Heaven. 2. Send Thy archangel, Michael, to our succor; Peacemaker blessèd, may he banish from us Striving and hatred, so that for the peaceful All things may prosper. 3. Send Thy archangel, Gabriel, the mighty; Herald of Heaven, may he from us mortals Spurn the old serpent, watching o’er the temples Where Thou art worshipped. 4. Send thy archangel, Raphael, the restorer Of the misguided ways of men who wander, Who at Thy bidding strengthens soul and body With Thine anointing. 5. Father almighty, Son and Holy Spirit, God ever blessèd, be Thou our Preserver; Thine is the glory which the angels worship, Veiling their faces. Languages: English Tune Title: CŒLITES PLAUDANT

Come Holy Ghost, Creator Blest

Author: Rhabanus Maurus; Richard Mant Hymnal: CYBER #799 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest Lyrics: 1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator blest, Vouchsafe within our souls to rest; Come with Thy grace and heav’nly 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 soul’s Anointing from above. 3. The sev’nfold 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 sense impart, And shed Thy love in every heart; Thy own unfailing might supply To strength our infirmity. Languages: English Tune Title: MENDON

Come Holy Ghost, Eternal God

Author: Rhabanus Maurus Hymnal: CYBER #800 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God Lyrics: 1. Come, Holy Ghost, eternal God, Proceeding from above, Both from the Father and the Son, The God of peace and love; 2. Visit our minds, into our hearts Thy heav’nly grace inspire; That truth and godliness we may Pursue with full desire. 3. Thou in Thy gifts art manifold; By them Christ’s Church doth stand; In faithful hearts Thou writ’st Thy law, The finger of God’s hand. 4. According to Thy promise, Lord, Thou givest speech with grace, That through Thy help God’s praises may Resound in every place. 5. O Holy Ghost, into our minds Send down Thy heav’nly light; Kindle our hearts with fervent zeal To serve God day and night. 6. Our weakness strengthen and confirm, For, Lord, Thou know’st us frail; That neither devil, world, nor flesh, Against us may prevail. 7. Put back our enemy from us, And help us to obtain Peace in our hearts with God and man— The best, the truest gain; 8. Of strife and of dissension Dissolve, O Lord, the bands, And knit the knots of peace and love Throughout all Christian lands. 9. Grant us the grace that we may know The Father of all might, That we of His belovèd Son May gain the blissful sight; 10. And that we may with perfect faith Ever acknowledge Thee, The Spirit of Father, and of Son, One God in Persons Three. 11. To God the Father laud and praise, And to His blessèd Son, And to the Holy Spirit of grace, Co-equal Three in One. Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' ORDINAL

Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, Come

Author: Anonymous; Rhabanus Maurus Hymnal: CYBER #990 Meter: 8.6.8.6 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus Lyrics: 1. Come, Holy Ghost, Creator, come From Thy bright heav’nly throne; Come, take possession of our souls, And make them all Thine own. 2. Thou who art called the Paraclete, Best gift of God above, The living spring, the living fire, Sweet unction and true love. 3. Thou who art sevenfold in Thy grace, Finger of God’s right hand; His promise, teaching little ones To speak and understand. 4. O guide our minds with Thy blest light, With love our hearts inflame; And with Thy strength, which ne’er decays, Confirm our mortal frame. 5. Far from us drive our deadly foe; True peace unto us bring; And through all perils lead us safe Beneath Thy sacred wing. 6. Through Thee may we the Father know, Through Thee th’eternal Son, And Thee the Spirit of them both, Thrice-blessèd Three in One. 7. All glory to the Father be, With His co-equal Son: The same to Thee, great Paraclete, While endless ages run. Languages: English Tune Title: TALLIS' ORDINAL

Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire

Author: Rhabanus Maurus; John Cosin Hymnal: CYBER #991 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus Refrain First Line: Praise to Thy eternal merit Lyrics: 1. Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, And lighten with celestial fire; Thou the anointing Spirit art, Who dost Thy sev’nfold gifts impart. Refrain Praise to Thy eternal merit, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. 2. Thy blessèd unction from above Is comfort, life, and fire of love; Enable with perpetual light The dullness of our blinded sight. [Refrain] 3. Anoint and cheer our soilèd face With the abundance of Thy grace; Keep far our foes, give peace at home; Where Thou art Guide, no ill can come. [Refrain] 4. Teach us to know the Father, Son, And Thee, of both, to be but One; That through the ages all along This, this may be our endless song. [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: VENI CREATOR

Come, O Creator Spirit Blest

Author: Rhabanus Maurus; Edward Caswall Hymnal: CYBER #1060 Meter: 8.8.8.8 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus Lyrics: 1. Come, O Creator Spirit blest, And in our souls take up Thy rest; Come, with Thy grace and heavenly aid, To fill the hearts which Thou hast made. 2. Great Comforter, to Thee we cry; O highest gift of God most high, O Fount of life, O Fire of love, And sweet anointing from above! 3. The sacred sevenfold grace is Thine, Dread finger of the hand divine; The promise of the Father Thou, Who dost the tongue with power endow. 4. Kindle our senses from above, And make our hearts o’erflow with love; With patience firm, and virtue high, The weakness of our flesh supply. 5. Far from us drive the foe we dread, And grant us Thy true peace instead; So shall we not, with Thee for guide, Turn from the path of life aside. 6. O may Thy grace on us bestow The Father and the Son to know, And evermore to hold confessed Thyself of each the Spirit blest. Languages: English Tune Title: GRACE CHURCH

Jesus, Brightness of the Father

Author: Rhabanus Maurus; Edward Caswall Hymnal: CYBER #3213 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus Lyrics: 1. Jesus, brightness of the Father, Life and strength of all who live, For creating guardian angels Glory to Thy name we give And Thy wondrous praise rehearse, Singing in harmonious verse. 2. Blessèd Lord, by their protection Shelter us from harm this day, Keep us pure in flesh and spirit, Save us from the foe, we pray, And vouchsafe us by Thy grace In Thy paradise a place. 3. Glory to th’almighty Father Sing we with the heav’nly host; Glory to the great Redeemer, Glory to the Holy Ghost; Three in One and One in Three, Throughout all eternity! Languages: English Tune Title: UNSER HERRSCHER

Life and Strength of All Thy Servants

Author: Rhabanus Maurus Hymnal: CYBER #4016 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus Lyrics: 1. Life and strength of all Thy servants, Brightness of the Father’s light; Men with angels, earth with Heaven, In Thy praise their songs unite. 2. Thousand thousand warrior princes In Thine angel army stand; Flames the victor cross before them, Grasped in Michael’s dauntless hand. 3. Hurling back from Heav’n the rebels With the lifting of his sword, In the might of God he tramples On the dragon’s head abhorred. 4. Lord of angels, Christ, we pray Thee, Bid them aid us in our strife, Chase afar the hosts of evil, Till we reach the land of life. 5. God the Father, God immortal, God the Son, for us who died, God the Comforter, the Spirit, Evermore be glorified! Languages: English Tune Title: HARTING

Thee, O Christ, the Father's Splendor

Author: Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856; John M. Neale Hymnal: CYBER #6847 Meter: 8.7.8.7.7.7 Person Name: Rhabanus Maurus, 776-856 Lyrics: 1. Thee, O Christ, the Father’s splendor, Life and virtue of the heart, In the presence of the angels Sing we now with tuneful art, Meetly in alternate chorus, Bearing our responsive part. 2. Thus we praise with veneration All the armies of the sky; Chiefly him, the warrior primate, Of celestial chivalry, Michael, who in princely virtue Cast Abaddon from on high. 3. By whose watchful care repelling— King of everlasting grace— Every ghostly adversary, All things evil, all things base, Grant us of Thine only goodness, In Thy paradise a place. 4. Laud and honor to the Father, Laud and honor to the Son, Laud and honor to the Spirit, Ever Three, and ever One, Consubstantial, co-eternal, While unending ages run. Languages: English Tune Title: UNSER HERRSCHER

Wait On God And Trust Him

Author: Johann F. Räder, 1815-1872; Julius H. Horstmann; John C. Hansen Hymnal: CYBER #8421 Meter: 10.11.10.11.9.10 Person Name: Johann F. Räder, 1815-1872 First Line: Wait on God, and trust Him through all thy days Lyrics: 1 Wait on God, and trust Him through all thy days; Cast thy cares upon Him who guides all thy ways. Do not despair; as the morning fair Scatters fog and darkness, God removes thy care. ’Midst all thy trials, in all thy care God remains thy faithful friend everywhere. 2 Wait on God, and trust Him through all thy days; Cast thy cares upon Him who guides all thy ways. Perish what will, God is refuge still; Greater than the Helper is not any ill. Faithful, eternal Savior and Friend, Save my soul from evil unto the end. 3 Wait on God, and trust Him through all thy days; Cast thy cares upon Him who guides all thy ways. Take up thy cross; count it not a loss, For the heat of sorrow melts away the dross. Jesus, dear Savior, patient and mild, Let me be obedient, a trusting child. 4 Wait on God, and trust Him through all thy days; Cast thy cares upon Him who guides all thy ways. On bended knee, Lord, I cry to Thee; Shield my soul from evil; to Thy cross I flee. Gracious Redeemer, mighty and strong, Let me sing rejoicing the victor’s song. Languages: English Tune Title: HARRE, MEINE SEELE