Pentecost

Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost

Words:
variously ascribed to Ambrose, Gregory the Great, Charlemagne, or Rhabanus Maurus.
Music:
'Komm, Gott Schoepfer Heiliger Geist' ancient Latin found in Erfurt Enchiridion, 1524.
Setting:
Johann Sebastian Bach, alt.
Metre:
8 8 8 7
  1. 1Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost,And visit Thou these souls of men;Fill them with graces, as Thou dost,Thy creatures make pure again.
  2. 2For Comforter Thy name we call.Sweet gift of God most high above,A holy unction to us allO Fount of life, Fire of love.
  3. 3Our minds illumine and refresh,Deep in our hearts let love burn bright;Thou know'st the weakness of our flesh;And strengthen us with Thy might.
  4. 4Thou with Thy wondrous sev'nfold giftsThe finger art of God's right hand;The Father's Word Thou sendest swiftOn tongues of fire to each land.
  5. 5Drive far from us our wily foe;Grant us Thy blesséd peace within,That in Thy footsteps we may go,And shun the dark ways of sin.
  6. 6Teach us the Father well to know,Likewise His only Son our Lord,Thyself to us believing show,Spirit of both, aye adored
  7. 7Praise to the Father, and the SonWho from the dead is risen again;Praise to the Comforter be doneBoth now and ever. Amen.

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In the hymnals

  • Written in 1524, the words are in 5 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.

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