[Oe List ...] Pentecost Blessings

[Judi White via OE]

been sing ir all weekend, replacing the gender reference, settling on final
phrase being Allelu! ! And wishing to remember all the verses!! Guess great
minds think alike. Thanx friend!

On Jun 4, 2017 7:05 AM, "Lynda C via OE" <oe at lists.wedgeblade.net> wrote:

> This song was a powerful one for me, even with its old style gender.  I
> never did find a replaceable word that fit the meter and the meaning.  Wish
> I could hear some of our great voices and our not so great voices singing
> this on this Pentecost Sunday.  I recall how the harmony filled the room
> with its power.        Sing out wherever you are!     Lynda Cock
>
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> PENECOST HYMN
> Tune: There's New World Coming
>
> Like the sound of heaven with the rushing of the wind
> Came the fire a-burning and new life was given to men.
> The young see visions and the old dream dreams
> Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
>
> To the light from darkness, and to freedom from fear
> Building from the ashes into one community
> Peter, Paul, and Luther, Augustine and Benedict
> Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
>
> With despair abounding and a lack of hope around
> Still the Spirit comes to the ones who birth the day
> Giving breath and being to the ones who give their death
> Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
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> For the coming ages and the journey of mankind
> We claim the promise that the fire give life to them
> Deciding freely to live on behalf of all
> Born of fire, filled with power, for all men.
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