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Come, God Creator, Holy Ghost

Latin; Charlemagne (742-814); Maurus, Rhabanus (776-856); Gregory the Great (c. 540-604); Ambrose of Milan (340-397); Luther, Martin (1483-1546); Bacon, Leonard Woolsey (1830-1907)
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 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.
Verse 4
Thou with Thy wondrous sev'nfold gifts The finger art of God's right hand; The Father's Word Thou sendest swift On tongues of fire to each land.
Verse 5
Drive far from us our wily foe; Grant us Thy blesséd peace within, That in Thy footsteps we may go, And shun the dark ways of sin.
Verse 6
Teach us the Father well to know, Likewise His only Son our Lord, Thyself to us believing show, Spirit of both, aye adored
Verse 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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