When God the Spirit Came

When God the Spirit came

Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (1977)
Tune: VINEYARD HAVEN
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Source: Christian Worship: Hymnal #478
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Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith

Timothy Dudley-Smith (b. 1926) Educated at Pembroke College and Ridley Hall, Cambridge, Dudley-Smith has served the Church of England since his ordination in 1950. He has occupied a number of church posi­tions, including parish priest in the diocese of Southwark (1953-1962), archdeacon of Norwich (1973-1981), and bishop of Thetford, Norfolk, from 1981 until his retirement in 1992. He also edited a Christian magazine, Crusade, which was founded after Billy Graham's 1955 London crusade. Dudley-Smith began writing comic verse while a student at Cambridge; he did not begin to write hymns until the 1960s. Many of his several hundred hymn texts have been collected in Lift Every Heart: Collected Hymns 1961-1983 (1984), Songs of Deliverance: Thirt… Go to person page >

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First Line: When God the Spirit came
Title: When God the Spirit Came
Author: Timothy Dudley-Smith (1977)
Meter: 6.6.7.6.6.6
Language: English
Copyright: © 1984 Hope Publishing Company

Tune

VINEYARD HAVEN

Richard Dirksen (PHH 148) composed VINEYARD HAVEN in 1974 for the text "Rejoice, Ye Pure in Heart" as a processional choral anthem for the installation of Presiding Bishop John Maury Allin at the Washington (D.C.) Cathedral, also known as the National Cathedral. The anthem includes various harmoniza…

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Christian Worship (1993) #187

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Christian Worship #478

Church Hymnal, Fifth Edition #309

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Hymnal Supplement 1991 #752

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RitualSong #613

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The Worshiping Church #688

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Worship (3rd ed.) #481

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