Spiritus^ gebessert durch D. Martin Luther."
The last two stanzas added hy The oiiginal Laiin Mdody.
Harmotty after Erythraeus, 1609.
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Sflun ^ilf uns frö^Iid) unD getroji Dienfl beftäntiig HeiBen, S)ie Zxüh\c(i unö ni($t abtreiben» D §err, tur^ tiein^ ^raft uns Bereit^
Unt; ftärf ieS ^leifdjes 35IötigMt, 2)a§ tüir l^ier ritterlid) ringen, X;ur(| Sot) unt) SeBen ju Dir tringen.
Come, Holy Spirit, Lord our God, And pour thy gifts of grace abroad Thy faithful people fill with blessing, Love's ßre their hearts possessing.
O Lord, thou by thy heavenly ligbt Dost gather and in faith unite Through all the world a holy nation To sing to thee with exultation,
Give US thy light, thy living word, To God himself our spirits leading, With him as children pleading.
From error, Lord, our souls defend, That they on Christ alone attend , In him with faith unfeigned abiding, In him with all their might confiding.
Grant that with joy and hope possest.
And in thy service kept forever, Naught US from thee may sever.
Lord, may thy power prepare each heart To our weak nature strength impart, Onward to press, our foes defying, To thee, through living and through dying.
Note.—The first stanza is found in a service-book of the church of Basel, of the year 15 14.
The irregularities of the German versification may be explained in part by the two-fold authorship, in this and other hymns.