Scripture Verse

When the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from the Fa­ther, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Fa­ther, He shall testify of Me. John 15:26

Introduction

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Birgitte C. Boye (1742–1824)

Words: Bir­git­te C. Boye, 1778 (O Lue fra Guds Kjaer­ligh­ed). Trans­lat­ed from Da­nish to Eng­lish by George A. Rygh, 1909.

Music: Der Tag, der ist 15th Cen­tu­ry Ger­man me­lo­dy (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Rygh (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Holy Spir­it, God of love,
Who our night dost bright­en,
Poured on us from Heav’n above,
Now our faith en­ligh­ten.
In Thy light we ga­ther here;
Show us that Christ’s pro­mise clear
Its Am­en for­ev­er.
Jesus, our as­cend­ed Lord,
Oh, ful­fill Thy gra­cious Word:
Bless us with Thy fa­vor!