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Free same-meter accompaniment for Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire (Rabanus Maurus; John Cosin): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune OLD 100TH (Louis Bourgeois) in four-part harmony, 10 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
- And lighten with celestial fire.
- 2Thou the anointing Spirit art,
- Who dost thy sevenfold gifts impart.
- 3Thy blessèd unction from above
- Is comfort, life, and fire of love.
- 4Enable with perpetual light
- The dulness of our blinded sight.
- 5Anoint and cheer our soilèd face
- With the abundance of Thy grace.
- 6Keep far our foes, give peace at home:
- Where Thou art Guide, no ill can come.
- 7Teach us to know the Father, Son,
- And Thee, of both, to be but One,
- 8That, through the ages all along,
- This may be our endless song;
- 9Praise to Thy eternal merit,
- Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
- 10Amen.
About this music
OLD 100TH — Louis Bourgeois. Setting: Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter, 1561.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from ccel from Sternhold and Hopkins' Psalter 1561. Words: "Hymnal and Canticles of the Protestant Episcopal Church", 1875, hymn 405.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire page.
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