Pentecost
Come Holy Spirit, Lord Our God
- Words:
- v. 1 ancient Latin. v.2-3 Martin Luther, 1524. Translated by Arthur Tozel Russell (1806-1874).
- Music:
- 'Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott' ancient Latin found in Erfurt Enchiridion, 1524.
- Setting:
- Leonard Woolsey Bacon, 1883 after Erythraeus, 1609.
- Metre:
- 8 8 9 7 8 8 9 9 Alleluia8
- 1Come, Holy Spirit, Lord our God,And pour Thy gifts of grace abroad;Thy faithful people fill with blessing,Love's fire their hearts possessing.O Lord, Thou by Thy heav'nly LightDost gather and in faith uniteThrough all the world a holy nationTo sing to Thee with exultation,Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
- 2O, holiest Light! O Rock adored!Give us Thy light, Thy living Word,To God Himself our spirits leading,With Him as children pleading.From error, Lord, our souls defend,That they on Christ alone attend;In Him with faith unfeigned abiding,In Him with all their might confiding.Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
- 3O holiest Fire! O Source of rest!Grant that with joy and hope possest,And in Thy service kept forever,Naught us from Thee may sever.Lord, may Thy pow'r prepare each heart;To our weak nature strength impart,Onward to press, our foes defying,To Thee, through living and through dying.Hallelujah! Hallelujah!
Scripture
Topics
- Aspiration
- Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful)
- Christian Life
- Discipleship
- Faith
- Fire
- God, Care of
- God, Providence of
- God's Children - the Faithful (see also Saints, People of the World)
- Guidance
- Holiness
- Holy Spirit
- Invitation (Faithful's to God)
- Light
- Missions
- People of the World
- Praise, Holy Spirit
- Presence
- Rest
In the hymnals
- The tune, Komm Heiliger Geist, Herre Gott, is in 44 hymnals. The tune →
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.