Text: | Spirit, come, dispel our sadness |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676 |
Translator: | John Christian Jacobi, 1670-1750 |
Translator: | Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 |
Tune: | GENEVAN 42 |
Composer: | Louis Bourgeois, c.1510-1561 |
1 Spirit, come, dispel our sadness;
pierce the clouds of sinful night;
come, thou source of sweetest gladness,
breathe thy life and spread thy light.
Loving Spirit, God of peace,
great distributor of grace,
rest upon this congregation;
hear, oh hear our supplication.
2 From that height which knows no measure,
as a gracious shower descend,
bringing down the richest treasure
man can wish or God can send.
O thou glory, shining down
from the Father and the Son,
grant us thine illumination;
rest upon this congregation.
3 Come, O best of all donations
God can give, or we implore;
having your sweet consolations
we need wish for nothing more.
Come, anoint us now with power;
on our souls thy graces shower;
author of the new creation,
make our hearts thy habitation.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Spirit, come, dispel our sadness |
Title: | Spirit, come, dispel our sadness |
Author: | Paul Gerhardt, 1607-1676 |
Translator: | John Christian Jacobi, 1670-1750 (alt.) |
Translator: | Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 (alt.) |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: | ; |
Topic: | Church; Gladness / Happiness; God: Glory of(5 more...) |
Source: | German |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | GENEVAN 42 |
Composer: | Louis Bourgeois, c.1510-1561 |
Meter: | 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 |
Key: | f♯ minor |
Copyright: | Public Domain |