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Pentecost.
Waiting all with one accord
For the promise of the Lord,
Suddenly among them came
Rushing wind and cloven flame.
For the promise of the Lord,
Suddenly among them came
Rushing wind and cloven flame.
Not for them that gift alone,—
Miracle of tongues unknown:
Alien regions they must seek;
There in heaven's lost language speak.
Miracle of tongues unknown:
Alien regions they must seek;
There in heaven's lost language speak.
Not for them alone that glow,
Inly kindled: they must go
Unto nations sunk in night
With the risen Saviour's light.
Inly kindled: they must go
Unto nations sunk in night
With the risen Saviour's light.
His the fire and His the Word
That within them burned and stirred:
East and west, and south and north,
They must show His glory forth.
That within them burned and stirred:
East and west, and south and north,
They must show His glory forth.
Grateful Earth has never lost
Radiance of her Pentecost:
Traced in spiritual flame
Reads she now her Saviour's name.
Radiance of her Pentecost:
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Reads she now her Saviour's name.
Yet hath many a desert dark
Never felt the awakening spark:
Friend, Inspirer, may not we
Thither Thy light-bearers be?
Never felt the awakening spark:
Friend, Inspirer, may not we
Thither Thy light-bearers be?
Gather us with one accord
Closer to each other, Lord,
In Thy presence; then anew
Send us forth, Thy work to do!
Closer to each other, Lord,
In Thy presence; then anew
Send us forth, Thy work to do!
Thou alone hast light to give;
In thy light alone we live.
Shine through all our lives, till we
Make earth's darkness bright with Thee!
In thy light alone we live.
Shine through all our lives, till we
Make earth's darkness bright with Thee!
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