Holy Spirit, Come with Power (Ven, Espíritu, cual viento)

This is a hymn of petition for the coming of the Holy Spirit.

It was written by Canadian born, Russian Mennonite pastor's daughter, musician and teacher, pastor's wife, and later Mennonite pastor, Anne Neufeld Rupp (1932-2020). It was written in 1970 at her husband's request, to accompany a Pentecost sermon which he was preaching (1).

A Spanish translation, Ven, Espíritu, cual viento was made in 1988 by Barbara C Mink (b 1937).

With meter 8 7 8 7 D, tunes it is set to include:

BEACH SPRING - published in the 1844 Sacred Harp book, and is sometimes attributed to its editor, B. F. White - the most-commonly used tune for this hymn
HYFRYDOL by Welch textile worker and composer, Rowland H. Prichard (1811-1887)
RUSTINGTON by English composer C. Hubert H. Parry (1848-1918)

Sources

(1) https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thekansan/name/anne-rupp-obituary?id=9273896

Image from PxFuel

Downloads

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BEACH SPRING, digital-download piano solo in F by Randell Hartsell

Instrumental - piano and hammered dulcimer

Examples

Family band, with piano, guitar and fiddle, tune BEACH SPRING:

Unaccompanied Spanish-language version, BS

Instrumental, organ, tune BEACH SPRING:

Instrumental, piano, tune HYFRYDOL with words on-screen:

Lyrics

The lyrics are copyright so cannot be reproduced here. But they are currently available on this website. A rough outline is:

Holy Spirit, come with power, breathe into our aching night. ...

Holy Spirit, come with fire, burn us with your presence new ...

Holy Spirit, bring your message, burn and breathe each word anew ...