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Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes

Author: Christopher Wordsworth

Christopher Wordsworth--nephew of the great lake-poet, William Wordsworth--was born in 1807. He was educated at Winchester, and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A., with high honours, in 1830; M.A. in 1833; D.D. in 1839. He was elected Fellow of his College in 1830, and public orator of the University in 1836; received Priest's Orders in 1835; head master of Harrow School in 1836; Canon of Westminster Abbey in 1844; Hulsean Lecturer at Cambridge in 1847-48; Vicar of Stanford-in-the-Vale, Berks, in 1850; Archdeacon of Westminster, in 1865; Bishop of Lincoln, in 1868. His writings are numerous, and some of them very valuable. Most of his works are in prose. His "Holy Year; or, Hymns for Sundays, Holidays, and other occ… Go to person page >

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First Line: Holy Ghost, Illuminator, shed Thy beams upon our eyes
Author: Christopher Wordsworth
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

[Holy Ghost, Illuminator]


RUSTINGTON

C. Hubert H. Parry's (PHH 145) RUSTINGTON was first published in the Westminster Abbey Hymn Book (1897) as a setting for Benjamin Webb's "Praise the Rock of Our Salvation." The tune is named for the village in Sussex, England, where Parry lived for some years and where he died. This is such a distin…

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ST. ASAPH (Bambridge)


Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 16 of 16)

A Church of England Hymn Book #196ii

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Church Hymns #187a

Hymns Ancient and Modern (Standard ed.) #148

Hymns Ancient and Modern, New Edition #173

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Magnify the Lord #171

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Offices of Worship and Hymns #969

Songs of the Spirit #d188

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The Book of Common Praise #171

The Book of Common Praise #177

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The Book of Common Praise #185

The Sarum Hymnal #163

The Stirling Three Hundred #94

The Voice of Thanksgiving No. 5 #130

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The Westminster Abbey Hymn-Book #182b

Exclude 14 pre-1979 instances
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