Christian Worship ‎#588

588. Come, O Come, Life-Giving Spirit

1 Come, O come, life-giving Spirit,
God from all eternity!
May your power never fail us;
dwell within us constantly.
Then shall truth and life and light
banish all the gloom of night.

2 Show us, Lord, the path of blessing;
when we trespass on our way,
cast, O Lord, our sins behind you
and be with us day by day.
Should we stray, O Lord, recall;
work repentance when we fall.

3 Spirit, guard our faith forever;
let not Satan, death, or shame
ever part us from our Savior.
Lord, our refuge is your name!
When our hearts oppose your will,
let your Word prove stronger still.

4 And when life's frail thread is breaking,
then assure us more and more,
as the heirs of life unending,
of the glory there in store,
glory never yet expressed,
glory of the saints at rest.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, O come, life-giving Spirit
• Title: Come, O Come, Life-Giving Spirit
• Author: Heinrich Held, 1620-1659 (abr.)
• Translator: Charles W. Schaeffer, 1813-1896 (alt.)
• Meter: 87 87 77
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2021
• Scripture:
  Romans 8:1-21
  ;
  John 6:63
  ;
  John 14:16-17
  ;
  Isaiah 38:17
• Topic: Work of the Spirit
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: KOMM, O KOMM, DU GEIST DES LEBENS
• Composer (attributed to): Johann Christoph Bach, 1652-1702
• Meter: 87 87 77
• Key: F Major or modal
• Source: Neu-vermehrtes...Gesangbuch, 3rd ed., Meiningen, 1693, alt.; Setting: The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941
• Copyright: Public Domain