The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1060

1060. Come, O Creator Spirit Blest

1. Come, O Creator Spirit blest,
And in our souls take up Thy rest;
Come, with Thy grace and heavenly aid,
To fill the hearts which Thou hast made.

2. Great Comforter, to Thee we cry;
O highest gift of God most high,
O Fount of life, O Fire of love,
And sweet anointing from above!

3. The sacred sevenfold grace is Thine,
Dread finger of the hand divine;
The promise of the Father Thou,
Who dost the tongue with power endow.

4. Kindle our senses from above,
And make our hearts o’erflow with love;
With patience firm, and virtue high,
The weakness of our flesh supply.

5. Far from us drive the foe we dread,
And grant us Thy true peace instead;
So shall we not, with Thee for guide,
Turn from the path of life aside.

6. O may Thy grace on us bestow
The Father and the Son to know,
And evermore to hold confessed
Thyself of each the Spirit blest.

Text Information

• First Line: Come, O Creator Spirit blest
• Title: Come, O Creator Spirit Blest
• Latin Title: Veni Creator Spiritus, Mentes tuorum visita
• Author (attributed to): Rhabanus Maurus (ca. 800)
• Translator (from Latin): Edward Caswall
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Translation: Lyra Catholica, 1849
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This hymn was sung in the 1944 film The Keys of the Kingdom, which received an Academy Award nomination. Alternate tunes: LAMBILLOTTE, Louis Lambillotte, 1796-1855; MATER MISERICORDIÆ, arranged from Alfred Scott Gatty by Alfred R. Allen

Tune Information

• Name: GRACE CHURCH
• Composer: Ignaz Josef Pleyel (1815)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 33217 12355 43217
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain