

                 "Let Songs of Praises Fill the Sky"
                   by Thomas Cotterill, 1779-1823
                              Text From:
                  THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
          (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942)p.173



        1. Let songs of praises fill the sky:
        Christ, our ascended Lord,
        Sends down His Spirit from on high
        According to His word.
        All hail the day of Pentecost,
        The coming of the Holy Ghost!

        2. The Spirit by His heavenly breath
        Creates new life within;
        He quickens sinners from the death
        Of trespasses and sin.
        All hail the day of Pentecost,
        The coming of the Holy Ghost!

        3. The things of Christ the Spirit takes
        And shows them unto men;
        The fallen soul His temple makes,
        God's image stamps again.
        All hail the day of Pentecost,
        The coming of the Holy Ghost!

        4. Come, Holy Spirit, from above
        With Thy celestial fire;
        Come and with flames of zeal and love
        Our hearts and tongues inspire.
        Be this our day of Pentecost,
        The coming of the Holy Ghost!

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        Notes:
        Hymn #232 from _The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal_
        Text: Rom. 5:5
        Author: Thomas Cotterill, 1819
        Composer: Herman Ilse, 1910
        Tune: "Erfurt"
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