When Christ Our Lord Had Passed Once More

When Christ our Lord had passed once more

Into the Heav­en He left be­fore

He sent a Com­fort­er be­low

The Fa­ther’s pro­mise to be­stow.

The so­lemn time was soon to fall

Which told the num­ber mys­tic­al

For since the re­sur­rect­ion day

A week of weeks had passed away.

At the third hour a rush­ing noise

Came like the tem­pest’s sud­den voice

And min­gled with the apos­tles’ pray­er

Proclaiming loud that God was there.

From out the Fa­ther’s light it came

That beau­ti­ful and kind­ly flame

To kin­dle ev­ery Christ­ian heart

And fer­vor of the Word im­part.

As then

O Lord

Thou didst ful­fill

Each ho­ly heart to do Thy will

So now do Thou our sins for­give

And make the world in peace to live.

To God the Fa­ther

God the Son

And God the Spir­it

praise be done;

May Christ the Lord up­on us pour

The Spir­it’s gift for­ev­er­more.