Come, Holy Ghost, descend from [from on] high

Come, Holy Ghost, descend from [from on] high

Published in 32 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Come, Holy Ghost! come from on high,
Baptizer of our spirits Thou!
The sacramental seal apply,
And witness with the water now.

2 Exert Thy gracious power divine,
And sprinkle thou th'atoning blood;
May Father, Son, and Spirit join
To seal this child a child of God.

Source: Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #259

Text Information

First Line: Come, Holy Ghost, descend from [from on] high
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Notes

Come, Holy Ghost, descend from high. [Holy Baptism.] This cento, in 2 stanzas of 4 lines, appeared in A. M. Toplady's Psalms & Hymns, 1776, No. 99. It is composed of stanza i. of C. Wesley's "Come Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, Honour the means," &c, as above, but slightly altered; and stanza ii. probably by Toplady. This was repeated in T. Beck's (q. v.) Hymns, &c, 1782. Iti Bickersteth's Christian Psalmody, 1833, it is given in error as of Beck's composing, and this error is repeated in later collections.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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Come, Holy Ghost, descend from high, p. 245, ii. In some American collections this reads "Come Holy Ghost, come from on high."

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)

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Family and Social Melodies #d60

Hymns, Selected and Original, for Sunday Schools of the Evangelical Lutheran Church #d58

Church Melodies, a Collection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d172

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Church Psalmist #462

Collection of Hymns for Public and Private Worship. 4th ed. #d46

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Hymns #878

Melodies of the Church #d163

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Psalms and Hymns #462

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Social Psalmist #462

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The Christian Psalmist; or, Watts' Psalms and Hymns #455

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #654

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D409

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Church Hymnal #214

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Church Psalmist #462

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Church Psalmist #462

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Church Psalmody #H427

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Church Psalmody #427

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A Choice Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #L

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Church music #XXXVII

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Hymns and Chants #150

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Social Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #369

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The Book of Common Praise #268

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Book of Worship (Rev. ed.) #259

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Book of Worship #259

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Hymns #878

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Hymns #878

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #654

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