Glory to God ‎#408

408. There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit

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Text Information

• First Line: There's a sweet, sweet Spirit in this place
• Title: There’s a Sweet, Sweet Spirit
• Author: Doris Akers (1962)
• Refrain First Line: Sweet Holy Spirit, sweet heavenly Dove
• Meter: 9.11.9.11 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2013
• Scripture:
  Psalm 133:1
  ;
  Matthew 3:16
  ;
  Mark 1:10
  ;
  Luke 3:22
  ;
  John 1:32-33
  ;
  Ephesians 3:16-19
• Topic: Commitment; Gathering; Gift of the Holy Spirit
• Copyright: © 1962, ren. 1990 Manna Music, Inc. (admin. ClearBox Rights)

Tune Information

• Name: SWEET, SWEET SPIRIT
• Composer: Doris Akers (1962)
• Meter: 9.11.9.11 with refrain
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: © 1962, ren. 1990 Manna Music, Inc. (admin. ClearBox Rights)

Text Information:

This gospel hymn grew out of this African American author and composer’s intense experience of prayer with her interracial choir in Los Angeles one Sunday morning before worship. She recalled that sense of “a sweet, sweet Spirit” when she sat down at her piano the next day.