Acts 2:4-13

• [Act 2:4] Rejoice! The Year Upon Its Way

  Rejoice! the year upon its way Has brought again that blessèd day, When on the chosen of the Lord The Holy Spirit was outpoured. On each the fire, descending, stood In quivering tongues’ similitude— Tongues, that their words might ready prove, And fire, to make them flame with love. To all in every tongue they spoke; Amazement in the crowd awoke, Who mocked, as overcome with wine, Those who were filled with power divine. These things were done in type that day, When Eastertide had passed away, The number told which once set free The captive at the jubilee. And now, O holy God, this day Regard us as we humbly pray, And send us, from Thy heavenly seat, The blessings of the Paraclete. To God the Father, God, the Son, And God the Spirit, praise be done; May Christ the Lord upon us pour The Spirit’s gift forevermore.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Act 2:12] For All Thy Saints, A Noble Throng

  For all Thy saints, a noble throng, Who fell by fire and sword, Who soon were called, or waited long, We praise Thy Name, O Lord! For him who left his father’s side, Nor lingered by the shore, When, softer than the weltering tide, Thy summons glided o’er. Who stood beside the maiden dead, Who climbed the mount with Thee, And saw the glory round Thy head, One of Thy chosen three. Who knelt beneath the olive shade, Who drank Thy cup of pain, And passed from Herod’s flashing blade To see Thy face again. Lord, give us grace, and give us love, Like him to leave behind Earth’s cares and joys, and look above With true and earnest mind. So shall we learn to drink Thy cup, So meek and firm be found, When Thou shalt come to take us up Where Thine elect are crowned.

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  source: Cyberhymnal