Main message: The promised Holy spirit is sent.

Bible references:

• V1 & V2. (Acts 2:1-4)(Matthew 3:11-12)

"Promised Holy Spirit" (John 14:15-17, 25-26)(Luke 24:49)

"O Lord, send the pow'r just now" (Acts 1:4)

Keywords: They were in, They were all, One accord, Holy Spirit, descended, was promised, Yes, power, sound, rushing wind, tongues of fire, this“old-time”, Lord said, This is promised, To our fathers, O Lord, “Send the power just now”, baptize

Interpretation notes:

• The hymn uses 4/4 meter and a steady I-V-I harmonic pattern. 

• The melody is simple and repetitive, with lines 1 and 2 repeating. 

• The first and second lines begin in a higher register and end lower on F, while the third line continues the climax into the fourth line. 

• Three repeated lyric phrases are set to longer note values, and 'bap-tize' is set with syncopation and an eighth rest.