CONCORDIA THEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY Volume 53, Numbers 1-2 JANUARY -APRIL 1989 ............................. An Ascension Hymn. 1 The Validity of the Churchly Acts .............. of Ordained Women. .David P. Scaer 3 Charismatic Renewal in the ............... Lutheran Church. .Walter A. Maier 21 Admission to the Lutheran Altar: Reflections on Open Versus ............ Close Communion. ..John Stephenson 39 Spiritual Wellsprings for the Professional ............... Church Worker. .Donald L. Deffner 53 ................................ Faculty Overtures. 75 .-I .- Theological Observer. ... (27. ?fr:-z. .......... 87 .................................... BookReviews 105 ....................... Indices to Volume 52 (1988). .I45 An Ascension Hymn Stephen P. Starke Disciples of our Lord With awe beheld Christ rise as clouds obscured Him. Their eyes where He had soared Transfixed, until the angels7 words assured them: Gaze not into the sky with heart and soul suspended. This Jesus, whom you love Has now to heav'n ascended, ascended, ascended; He'll corn e again when time has ended! Until that final hour His Gospel into all the world be taking; The promised Spirit's pow'r Shall go with you, new life in hearts awaking. Gaze not into the sky with heart and soul suspended. This Jesus, whom you love Has now to heav'n ascended, ascended, ascended; He'll come again when time has ended! Then let us work today, The night when none can toil advances nearer. With bright and splendid ray May God's great love shine through us always clearer. . Gaze not into the sky with heart and soul suspended. This Jesus, whom you love Has now to heav'n ascended, ascended, ascended; He'll come again when time has ended! 6, 11, 6, 11, and refrain VRUECHTEN (LW 140) The Rev. Stephen P. Starke is pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Middletown, Connecticut.