"Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost."
                          by Martin Luther, 1483-1546
                                  Text From:
                        THE HYMNS OF MARTIN LUTHER
            (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1883), pp. 24-25



        1. Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost,
        And visit thou these souls of men;
        Fill them with graces, as thou dost,
        Thy creatures make pure again.

        2. For _Comforter_ thy name we call.
        Sweet gift of God most high above,
        A holy unction to us all
        O Fount of life, Fire of love.

        3. Our 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. Thou with thy wondrous sevenfold gifts
        The finger art of God's right hand;
        The Father's word thou sendest swift
        On tongues of fire to each land.

        5. Drive far from us our wily foe;
        Grant us thy blessed peace within,
        That in thy footsteps we may go,
        And shun the dark ways of sin.

        6. Teach us the Father well to know,
        Likewise his only Son our Lord,
        Thyself to us believing show,
        Spirit of both, aye adored.

        7. Praise to the Father, and the Son
        Who from the dead is risen again;
        Praise to the Comforter be done
        Both now and ever. Amen.


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        Notes:
        Text: from "Veni, Creator Spiritus," ascribed to Charlemagne, 800
        Hymn X from "The Hymns of Martin Luther"
        Author: Martin Luther
        Titled: "Komm', Gott Schoepfer, Heiliger Geist"
        Melody: of the eighth century and derived from the Latin original,
        1543 Harmony: John Sebastian Bach, from the Cantata "Gott der 
        Hoffnung erfuelle euch."
        1st Published in: "Enchiridion"
        Town: Erfurt, 1524

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