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Come, Spirit-Friend
Author: Tom Colvin Appears in 8 hymnals First Line: When our Savior Yesu went away Refrain First Line: Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend
Come, Spirit-Friend
When our Savior Yesu went away (Come, Spirit-friend)
Author: Tom Colvin Hymnal: Come, Let Us Walk This Road Together #15 (1997) First Line: When our Savior Yesu went away Lyrics: 1 When our Savior Yesu went away
he sent here a friend with us to stay,
Refrain:
Come, Guide-on-earth, our Spirit-friend,
Come to inspire, direct, defend.
2 In all Yesu's friends the Spirit lives,
it is Yesu's power that moulds and saves. [Refrain]
3 O great Spirit, fill us all with love
for the neighbors God gives us to serve. [Refrain]
4 Come, great Spirit fire the Church on earth,
to your whole creation give new birth. [Refrain]
5 Praise be to our Maker, and the Son,
with whom now and ever you are one. [Refrain] Topics: Faith Teaching Songs Languages: English Tune Title: NYOHENE
When our Savior Yesu went away (Come, Spirit-friend)
When Our Savior, Yesu, Went Away
Author: Tom Colvin, 1925-2000 Hymnal: Lift Up Your Hearts #242 (2013) Refrain First Line: Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend Lyrics: 1 When our Savior, Yesu, went away,
he sent here a friend with us to stay.
Refrain:
Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit friend;
come to inspire, direct, defend.
2 In all Yesu's friends the Spirit lives;
it is Yesu's power that molds and saves. [Refrain]
3 O great Spirit, fill us all with love
for the neighbors God gives us to serve. [Refrain]
4 Come, great Spirit, fire the church on earth,
to your whole creation give new birth. [Refrain]
5 Praise be to our Maker, and the Son,
with whom now and ever you are one. [Refrain] Topics: Doxologies; Holy Spirit; Church Year Pentecost Scripture: John 14:15-17 Languages: English Tune Title: NYOHENE
When Our Savior, Yesu, Went Away
Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend
Author: Tom Colvin (1925-2000) Hymnal: Church Hymnary (4th ed.) #585 (2005) Meter: 9.9 with refrain First Line: When our Saviour Yesu went away Lyrics: 1 When our Saviour Yesu went away,
he sent here a friend with us to stay.
[Refrain:]
Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend;
come to inspire, direct, defend.
2 In all Yesu's friends the Spirit lives,
it is Yesu's power that moulds and saves. [Refrain]
3 O great Spirit, fill us all with love
for the neighbours God gives us to serve. [Refrain]
4 Come, great Spirit, fire the Church on earth,
to your whole creation give new birth. [Refrain]
5 Praise be to our Maker, and the Son,
with whom now and ever you are one. [Refrain] Topics: The Holy Spirit The Coming of the Spirit; Christian Year Pentecost; Multi-cultrual and World-church Songs Scripture: 1 John 4:2 Languages: English Tune Title: NYOHENE
Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend
John L. Bell
b. 1949 Person Name: John L. Bell (b. 1949) Arranger of "NYOHENE" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) John Bell (b. 1949) was born in the Scottish town of Kilmarnock in Ayrshire, intending to be a music teacher when he felt the call to the ministry. But in frustration with his classes, he did volunteer work in a deprived neighborhood in London for a time and also served for two years as an associate pastor at the English Reformed Church in Amsterdam. After graduating he worked for five years as a youth pastor for the Church of Scotland, serving a large region that included about 500 churches. He then took a similar position with the Iona Community, and with his colleague Graham Maule, began to broaden the youth ministry to focus on renewal of the church’s worship. His approach soon turned to composing songs within the identifiable traditions of hymnody that began to address concerns missing from the current Scottish hymnal:
"I discovered that seldom did our hymns represent the plight of poor people to God. There was nothing that dealt with unemployment, nothing that dealt with living in a multicultural society and feeling disenfranchised. There was nothing about child abuse…,that reflected concern for the developing world, nothing that helped see ourselves as brothers and sisters to those who are suffering from poverty or persecution." [from an interview in Reformed Worship (March 1993)]
That concern not only led to writing many songs, but increasingly to introducing them internationally in many conferences, while also gathering songs from around the world. He was convener for the fourth edition of the Church of Scotland’s Church Hymnary (2005), a very different collection from the previous 1973 edition. His books, The Singing Thing and The Singing Thing Too, as well as the many collections of songs and worship resources produced by John Bell—some together with other members of the Iona Community’s “Wild Goose Resource Group,” —are available in North America from GIA Publications.
Emily Brink
John L. Bell
Tom Colvin
1925 - 2000 Person Name: Tom Colvin (1925-2000) Author of "Come, Guide on earth, our Spirit-friend" in Church Hymnary (4th ed.) Tom Colvin (b. 1925; d. 2000) was trained as an engineer and worked in that profession in Burma and Singapore from 1945 to 1948. After studying theology at Trinity College, Glasgow University, he was ordained in the Church of Scotland in 1954. He served as missionary in Nyasaland (now Malawi) from 1954 to 1958, in Ghana from 1958 to 1964, and again in Nyasaland from 1964 to 1974. His work there included preaching, education, and community development. After completing his missionary work, Colvin became a minister in the United Reformed Church of England and served an inner-city church in London. He returned to Africa in 1984 as a development consultant to the Zimbabwe Christian Council. Colvin's writings include Christ's Work in Free Africa (1964) and three collections of hymns, many written in collaboration with African Christians–Free to Serve (1966), Leap My Soul (1976), and Fill Us with Your Love (1983).
Bert Polman
Tom Colvin
