Now blessings on our Lord we shower, Alleluia! In this chief triumph of His power, Alleluia! VI Let praise the Trinity adore, Alleluia! To God be glory evermore, Alleluia! O CHRISTE, QUI NOSTER POLI Appeared in the Cluniac Breviary of 1686, and in that of Paris, 1736, as also in later French Breviaries. From his connection with the revised Paris Breviary, this hymn has been ascribed to Archbishop Charles de Vintimille, born 1655, died 1746; but in neither the Cluniac nor Paris Breviary is it marked as his. Chandler’s version of the hymn, beginning, “O Jesu, who art gone before, To Thy blest realms of light,” appears in Dr. Martineau’s “Hymns of Praise and Prayer,” with opening lines altered to, “The Crucified is gone before, To the blest realms of light,” and with other variations. I O Christ, who art ascended now To realms of bliss above, Inspire our souls to rise to Thee, Upborne by faith and love. II Make us to seek those holy joys, That they who love receive; That earthly mind can never know, Nor faithless soul perceive. III There, where Thou art, they reap reward Who toiled at duty’s call; For Thou dost give Thyself to them, And Thou art all in all. IV By power divine, O let us come Where glory cannot fade; And from Thy heavenly throne send down The Spirit to our aid. V To Thee who art at God’s right hand, O Christ, to Thee be praise, To Father, and to Holy Ghost, Be glory given always. _Whitsuntide_ VENI, CREATOR SPIRITUS, MENTES TUORUM VISITA Of the authorship of this grand hymn nothing unquestioned is known. It has been ascribed to Ambrose, Gregory, Rhabanus Maurus (died 856), and Charlemagne. The most widely prevalent opinion ascribes it to the last-named person, but in the judgment of Dr. Julian’s assistant-editor “the hymn is clearly not the work of St. Ambrose nor of Charles the Great. Nor is there sufficient evidence to allow us to ascribe it either to Gregory the Great, to Rhabanus Maurus, or to any of the ecclesiastics connected with the court of Charles the Fat.” The hymn has not yet been found in any MS. earlier than the latter part of the tenth century. I Come, Thou Creator Spirit blest, And with Thy grace our minds pervade; May Thy sweet presence ever dwell Within the souls which Thou hast made. II Thou Holy Paraclete! the Gift Sent down to earth from God Most High, Thou Font of Life and fire and love, Thy holy unction now apply.