Leave us not comfortless

Leave us not comfortless

Author: Josiah Conder
Tune: LYTE (Wilkes)
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Leave us not comfortless,
O Thou our risen Lord!
But send Thy Spirit down, to bless
And guide us with Thy Word.

2 By Him Thy gifts impart,
Light, peace, and joy, and love;
Seal of adoption in our heart,
Earnest of heaven above.

Source: Church Book: for the use of Evangelical Lutheran congregations #237

Author: Josiah Conder

Josiah Conder was born in London, in 1789. He became a publisher, and in 1814 became proprietor of "The Eclectic Review." Subsequently to 1824, he composed a series of descriptive works, called the "Modern Traveller," which appeared in thirty volumes. He also published several volumes of poems and hymns. He was the author of the first "Congregational Hymn Book" (1836). He died in 1855. --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Leave us not comfortless
Author: Josiah Conder
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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