Text:Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord!
Author:Anonymous
Translator (from German):Catherine Winkworth
Translator (from Latin to German):Martin Luther
Tune:DAS NEUGEBORNE KINDLEIN
Composer:Melchior Vulpius
Harmonizer:Johann S. Bach
Media:MIDI file

855. Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord!

1. Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord!
Let all your graces be outpoured
On each believer’s mind and heart;
Your fervent love to us impart.

2. Lord, by the brightness of Your light,
You in the faith do men unite
Of every land and every tongue;
This to Your praise, O Lord, be sung.

3. From every error keep us free;
Let none but Christ our Master be,
That we in living faith abide,
In Him with all our might confide.

4. Lord, by Your power prepare each heart
And to the weakness strength impart,
That bravely here we may contend,
Through life and death to You ascend.

Text Information
First Line: Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord
Title: Come, Holy Spirit, God and Lord!
German Title: Veni Sancte Spiritus; reple tuorum corda fidelium
Author: Anonymous (after 11th century)
Translator (from Latin to German): Martin Luther
Translator (from German): Catherine Winkworth (with others)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Martin Luther added original stanzas in Eyn Enchiridion (Erfurt, Germany: 1524), "Komm heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"; Antiphon by an unknown author; Translation into English Lyra Germanica, first series, 1855
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DAS NEUGEBORNE KINDLEIN
Composer: Melchior Vulpius (1609)
Harmonizer: Johann S. Bach (1724)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 11154 35432 55676
Key: d minor
Source: Ein schön geistlich Gesangbuch (Jena, Germany: 1609)
Copyright: Public Domain



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