289. On Pentecost They Gathered
Text Information |
First Line: |
On Pentecost they gathered |
Title: |
On Pentecost They Gathered |
Author: |
Jane Parker Huber (1981) |
Meter: |
7.6.7.6.D |
Language: |
English |
Publication Date: |
2013 |
Scripture: |
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Topic: |
Christian Year: Pentecost; Gift of the Holy Spirit; Renewal |
Copyright: |
© 1981 Jane Parker Huber (admin. Westminster John Knox Press) |
ONE LICENSE: |
40207 |
Tune Information |
Name: |
MUNICH |
Adapter: |
Felix Mendelssohn (1847) |
Meter: |
7.6.7.6.D |
Key: |
D Major |
Source: |
Neuvermehrtes Meiningisches Gesangbuch, 1693 |
Text Information:This narrative and interpretive text was written to fill what the author perceived as an unfortunate gap in available hymns concerning the Holy Spirit in general and Pentecost in particular. The setting of a 17th-century German tune is from Mendelssohn’s oratorio Elijah.