orchidee

Promised Paraclete At Pentecost

Tune: Westminster Abbey

(\'Christ is made the sure foundation\')

Acts 2 v.1-13

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Comes the day, Pentecost arrives

Comes to change and transform lives

There in one place and in one mind

The Spirit they there did find

Outpouring, the Holy Spirit

To lives in agreement knit

 

Suddenly a sound from heaven

God\'s Spirit, the promise given

Sound of rushing mighty strong wind

No earth\'s power could rescind

Filled all the house where they gathered

They the experience shared

 

Appearance of cloven tongues there

Like as of fire, godly fear

And it did sit there on each one

All were filled with Him, bar none

They began to speak, other tongues

Spirit gave breath to voice, lungs

 

Devout Jews from every nation

Had gathered there, elation

For their feast of Pentecost due

First-fruits of the harvest new

Now the first-fruits of the Spirit

Each heart empowered and lit

 

They were confused, for they did hear

Their own languages spoken near

By those who the Spirit received

They had waited, they believed

Now anointed, full of power

Spoke God\'s wonders in that hour