Promised Paraclete At Pentecost

orchidee



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

 

 

 

  • Author: orchidee (Offline Offline)
  • Published: May 21st, 2018 02:08
  • Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 878787 metre. Paraclete = Advocate, Counsellor, 'one called alongside to help' (not parakeet!). Here is a clip of the hymn with tune name and place the same, from 2010. I sang the hymn there once in a service a couple of years ago.
  • Category: Spiritual
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Comments3

  • Michael Edwards

    You never fail Orchi - thumbs up.

    • orchidee

      Thanks Michael. No relation to a parakeet, though some folk do parrot on!

    • BRIAN & ANGELA

      Thanks STEVE ~ Great Hymn & Video we miss all that processing in our ~ can lead to a loss of awe in God's Presence ! Loved the Poem great passage in acts of the sending of God's Holy Spirit into the World to indwell all Christian Believers ~ AMEN The GREEKS have a word for it PARCLETOS ~ One who is called along side to help ~ AMEN. Thanks for you daily uplift ~ BRIAN !

      • orchidee

        Thanks Brian.

      • Fay Slimm.

        An amazing account of the pouring out of Holy Spirit which empowered those Christians - a fine and inspiring write Orchi

        • orchidee

          Thanks Fay.



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