Tune: Llanfair
('Hail the day that sees Him rise')
Acts 1 v.5-14 parts
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Hail the great Ascension day - Alleluia!
Praise, honour to Christ alway - Alleluia!
Now returns to Father's throne - Alleluia!
But leaves us never alone - Alleluia!
Promised the Spirit to send - Alleluia!
To help spread gospel, He tends - Alleluia!
To us, He our constant guide - Alleluia!
In believer's hearts resides - Alleluia!
No marvel impossible - Alleluia!
He defies gravity's call - Alleluia!
Yet it not incredible - Alleluia!
He did rise from dead for all - Alleluia!
While the people did behold - Alleluia!
Christ ascended, be it told - Alleluia!
Taken up, a cloud received - Alleluia!
Him, they now by faith believed - Alleluia!
Two men said to them there nigh - Alleluia!
Why you still gaze to the sky? - Alleluia!
This same Jesus which is gone - Alleluia!
Shall return same way, God's Son - Alleluia!
They the Spirit awaited - Alleluia!
He not delayed, abated - Alleluia!
Few days hence, Pentecost came - Alleluia!
They did witness of His name - Alleluia!
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: May 26th, 2022 01:45
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 7.7.7.7. metre with Alleluias, for Ascension Day today (Thursday). Poem was nearly wrecked. I read of someone (from church!) saying we can't take the Ascension literally. Why not? If one rose from the dead, surely one can defy gravity?
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Comments3
that's one hell of a lot of Alleluia's 🙂
Thanks N. Yep, that's me quota of them for a month used up!
Back to full orchestra status I see
Thanks SC. The original is even longer I think, about 8 verses in all. More than in the video and the poem here.
There's a lot of alleluiaing going on Orchi.
Andy
Thanks Gold. Yes - but maybe less of them, from they who say it wasn't a literal event. What are we going to call it, if not the Ascension? It's Wesley overdoing them Alleuias in the original hymn.
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