These old hymns have been my worship songs for years. If you like the old church music, you may think I’ve ruined them. But since I can’t read music, I just take them out of my Trinity Hymnal and give them new music.
Holy Ghost, dispel our sadness, Pierce the clouds of sinful night; Come, O source of sweetest gladness, Breathe your life and spread your light. Loving Spirit, God of peace, Great distributor of grace, Rest upon this congregation; Hear, O hear our supplication. From that height which knows no measure, As a gracious shower descend; Bringing [...]
O Thou that hear’st when sinners cry, Though all my crimes before Thee lie, Behold them not with angry look, But blot their mem’ry from Thy book. Create my nature pure within, And form my soul averse to sin: Let Thy good Spirit ne’er depart, Nor hide Thy presence from my heart. I cannot live [...]