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Text: | Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire |
Paraphraser: | John Cosin (1594-1672) |
Tune: | VENI CREATOR |
1 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire;
Thou the anointing Spirit art,
Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart.
2 Thy blessed unction from above
Is comfort, life, and fire of love;
Enable with perpetual light
The dullness of our blinded sight.
3 Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of Thy grace:
Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
Where Thou art guide, no ill can come.
4 Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And Thee, of both, to be but One;
That through the ages all along
This may be our endless song:
Praise to Thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire |
Title: | Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire |
Paraphraser: | John Cosin (1594-1672) (1627) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Publication Date: | 1955 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Peace on Earth; Peace, Spiritual; Spirit, The Holy |
Source: | Latin, c. 9th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VENI CREATOR |
Meter: | L. M. |
Key: | F Major |
Source: | Plain Song (Mode VIII); Mechlin version |
Copyright: | Music from The BBC Hymn Book. Used by permission of Oxford University Press. |