Holy Jesus! God of love

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Holy Jesus! God of love

Author: T. Parnell
Tune: SONG 13
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	Five Pentecost Hymn Improvisations

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1. Holy Jesus! God of love!
Look with pity from above!
Shed the precious purple tide,
From Thine hands, Thy feet, Thy side.

2. Let Thy streams of comfort roll,
Let them please and fill my soul,
Let me thus for ever be,
Full of gladness, full of Thee.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #2499

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Author: T. Parnell

Parnell, Thomas, M.A., was b. in Dublin in 1679, entered Trinity College in 1693 (B.A. 1697, M.A. 1700), was ordained D. 1700, P. 1703, became Archdeacon of Clogher 1706, and in 1716 Rector of Finglas, near Dublin. During a visit to England he was taken ill at Chester, where he died in Oct. 1718. His Poems, 1722, and Posthumous Works, 1758, are now remembered, if at all, by his poem “The Hermit." His hymn "Holy Jesus! God of love" (Holy Communion) appeared in 1758 as above, p. 246, and is in The English Hymnal, 1906 [Rev. James Mearns, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	Holy Jesus! God of love
Author:	T. Parnell
Language:	English

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Tune

SONG 13

Orlando Gibbons (PHH 167) composed SONG 13 in soprano and bass parts. Used as a setting for a text from the Song of Songs, the tune was published in George Withers' Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623) as hymn number 13 (hence the tune name). As in other hymnals, the melody is presented in a simpli…

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