HOLY SPIRT (LeJeune)

Composer: George F. LeJeune

George Fitz-Curwood Le Jeune, 1841-1904 Born: June 18, 1841, London, England. Died: April 11, 1904, Staten Island, New York. Buried: Moravian Cemetery, Staten Island, New York. Le Jeune studied music under Joseph Barnby and George Macfarren in London. In 1863, he moved to Montréal, Canada, where he continued his studies with George Carter. He later moved to America, playing the organ in churches in Hartford, Connecticut, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He became the organist at St. John’s Chapel of Trinity Parish, New York City, in 1876, and also directed the choir there. Sources: Hughes, p. 471 --www.hymntime.com/tch  Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: HOLY SPIRT (LeJeune)
Composer: George F. LeJeune (1894)
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7
Incipit: 12343 25677 6565
Key: E Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

God of Mercy, God of Grace

Holy Spirit, Lord of love

Holy Spirit, Lord of love,
Thou Who camest from above,
Gifts of blessing to bestow
On Thy waiting Church below;
Once again in love draw near
To Thy children gathered here.

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For the Beauty of the Earth

For the beauty of the earth,
for the glory of the skies,
for the love which from our birth
over and around us lies.

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