What Meaneth This?

Edith Grace Updegraff • English

Primary Scripture: Acts 2:16

Verse 1

“What meaneth this?” this strange display, These cloven tongues, like as of fire, This sudden sound like rushing wind, They all with one accord enquire.

Chorus

This is the Lord, the Holy One, This is the promised pow’r bestowed; The Holy Ghost has surely come, And taken up his own abode.

Verse 2

“What meaneth this?” oh, blessed Lord, Thy waiting saints all know full well Thy presence manifested there, Indued with pow’r, thy love to tell.

Chorus

This is the Lord, the Holy One, This is the promised pow’r bestowed; The Holy Ghost has surely come, And taken up his own abode.

Verse 3

O, Pentecost, sweet upper room Where holy fire unloosed the dumb; “What meaneth this?” oh, praise his name; The promised pow’r has fully come.

Chorus

This is the Lord, the Holy One, This is the promised pow’r bestowed; The Holy Ghost has surely come, And taken up his own abode.

Verse 4

“What meaneth this?” such holy joy, This intermingling wave of sounds; O, “This is That” which promised was, And now the Holy Ghost abounds.

Chorus

This is the Lord, the Holy One, This is the promised pow’r bestowed; The Holy Ghost has surely come, And taken up his own abode.

Scripture References

Reference 1

acts 2:16