Glory to God ‎#290

290. O Day of Joy and Wonder!

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Text Information

• First Line: O day of joy and wonder!
• Title: O Day of Joy and Wonder!
• Author: Violet Nita Buchanan (1957, alt.)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Acts 2:1-12
  ;
  Acts 2:14-36
  ;
  1 Corinthians 12:4-11
• Topic: Christian Year: Pentecost; Community in Christ; Gift of the Holy Spirit
• Copyright: © Oxford University Press

Tune Information

• Name: JONATHAN’S TUNE
• Composer: Hal H. Hopson (1996)
• Meter: 7.6.7.6.D
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: © 1996 Hope Publishing Company

Text Information:

In a pattern common to many hymns, the first two stanzas here declare how the coming of the Holy Spirit gave strength and courage to the early church, and the final stanza becomes a corporate prayer for a sense of the presence of the Spirit, addressed as “Comforter divine.”