Unless stated otherwise, my source for hymn texts and tunes is The Lutheran Service Book.

Friday, September 20, 2024

"O Holy Spirit, Grant Us Grace"

A couple weeks ago, I watched the Concordia University Wisconsin chapel service from the 5th.  The hymn was "O Holy Spirit, Grant Us Grace," and I noticed a small feature in it.  It's sung to the tune "Es ist gewisslich."  Here's the fifth musical phrase:


In the second verse, the text here is "O make us die to ev'ry sin."  The phrase "ev'ry sin" is sung to notes of all different pitches (G E D), giving a sense of the breadth of "ev'ry."