Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes

Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes

Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Published in 14 hymnals

Author: Christopher Wordsworth

Christopher Wordsworth--nephew of the great lake-poet, William Wordsworth--was born in 1807. He was educated at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., with high honours, in 1830; M.A. in 1833; D.D. in 1839. He was elected Fellow of his College in 1830, and public orator of the University in 1836; received Priest's Orders in 1835; head master of Harrow School in 1836; Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1844; Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge in 1847-48; Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, in 1850; Archdeacon of Westminster, in 1865; Bishop of Lincoln, in 1868. His writings are numerous, and some of them very valuable. Most of his works are in prose. His "Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays, Holidays, and other occ… Go to person page >

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First Line: Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes
Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Church of England Hymn Book #196ii

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Church Hymns #187a

Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #148

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #173

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #969

Songs of the Spirit #d188

The Book of Common Praise #177

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The Book of Common Praise #185

The Sarum Hymnal #163

The Stirling Three Hundred #94

The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 #130

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #182b

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