Holy Spirit, Font of Light

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Holy Spirit, font of light

Translator: John W. Grant (b. 1919, alt.)
Published in 5 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	Wondrous Grace (Hymns, Spirituals and Cl…

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Translator: John W. Grant

Grant, John Webster. (Truro, Nova Scotia, June 27, 1919- ). United Church. Dalhousie University (Halifax), B.A., 1938, M.A., 1941; Keble College, Oxford, D.Phil., 1948. Served as a Navy chaplain during World War II; acted as editor-in-chief of Ryerson Press (Toronto), 1959-1963; taught church history at Pine Hill Divinity School (Halifax), 1948-1949; Union College (Vancouver), 1949-1957; in South India, 1958-1959; and at Emmanuel College (Toronto), 1963-?. He published many books and articles in his field of specialty, notably The church in the Canadian era (1972). His hymn-writing began with translations and paraphrases, but even they reveal his unusual range of talent and expertise. --Hugh D. McKellar, DNAH Archives Go to person page >

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First Line:	Holy Spirit, font of light
Title:	Holy Spirit, Font of Light
Translator:	John W. Grant (b. 1919, alt.)
Meter:	7.7.7.7.7.7
Source:	Latin, 12th Cent.
Copyright:	© 1971, John Webster Grant

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VENI SANCTE SPIRITUS (Webbe)

WEBBE

REDHEAD NO. 76

REDHEAD 76 is named for its composer, who published it as number 76 in his influential Church Hymn Tunes, Ancient and Modern (1853) as a setting for the hymn text "Rock of Ages." It has been associated with Psalm 51 since the 1912 Psalter, where the tune was named AJALON. The tune is also known as P…

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