"Come, Holy Spirit, Lord our God."
                       by Martin Luther, 1483-1546
                               Text From:
                     THE HYMNS OF MARTIN LUTHER
            (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883), p. 27



        1. Come, 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 heavenly light
        Dost gather and in faith unite
        Through all the world a holy nation
        To sing to thee with exultation,
        Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

        2. O 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!

        3. O 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 power prepare each heart;
        To our weak nature strength impart,
        Onward to press, our foes defying,
        To thee, through living and through dying.
        Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

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         Notes:
        Hymn XII from "The Hymns of Martin Luther"
        Author: Martin Luther
        Translated by: chiefly that of Arthur Tozer Russell
        Titled: "Komm', heiliger Geist, Herre Gott"
        Stanza 1: "_Veni, Sancte Spiritus_, gebessert durch D. Martin
        Luther." translated from the Latin hymn ascribed to King Robert of
        France (A.D. 991),is traced to a service-book of the church in
        Basel, of the year 1514.
        Stanzas 2 and 3: written by Luther
        Melody: original Latin Melody
        Harmony: after Erythraeus, 1609
        1st Published in: "Enchiridion"
        Town: Erfurt, 1524
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