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Text:Hail this joyful day's return
Author (attributed to):Hilary of Poitiers, c300-368
Translator:Robert Campbell, 1814-1868
Tune:SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT

202. Hail this joyful day's return

1. Hail this joyful day's return,
hail the Pentecostal morn,
morn when our ascended Lord
on his Church his Spirit poured!
Alleluia!

2 Like to cloven tongues of flame
on the twelve the Spirit came—
tongues, that earth may hear their call,
fire, that love may burn in all.
Alleluia!

3 Lord, to you your people bend;
unto us your Spirit send;
blessings of this sacred day
grant us, dearest Lord, we pray.
Alleluia!

4 You who did our forebears guide,
with their children still abide;
grant us pardon, grant us peace,
till our earthly wanderings cease.
Alleluia!

Text Information
First Line: Hail this joyful day's return
Latin Title: Beata nobis guadia
Author (attributed to): Hilary of Poitiers, c300-368
Translator: Robert Campbell, 1814-1868 (alt.)
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with Alleluias
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Pentecost
Tune Information
Name: SONNE DER GERECHTIGKEIT
Meter: 7.7.7.7 with Alleluias
Key: D Major
Source: Bohemian Brethren's Kirchengesänge, Berlin, 1566
Copyright: Public Domain



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