Scripture Verse

The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:16

Introduction

Words: Es­sek W. Ken­yon, in Great Re­viv­al Hymns, ed­it­ed by Ho­mer A. Ro­de­heav­er, Bent­ley D. Ack­ley, Will­iam E. Bie­der­wolf & John B. Her­bert (Chi­cago, Il­li­nois: Ro­de­heav­er-Ack­ley, 1911), num­ber 83.

Music: Grin­da­vik Ol­iv­er Ar­nold, Jr., 1911 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ar­nold (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

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Essek W. Kenyon (1867–1948)

Lyrics

He’s real to me, my Fa­ther God,
I know Him through His pre­cious Word;
He’s real to me, my shep­herd king,
I see Him now in ev­ery­thing.

Refrain

He’s real to me, He’s real to me,
My Fa­ther God is real to me;
My soul de­mands re­ali­ty,
My Fa­ther God is real to me.

It’s real to me, my Sav­ior’s blood,
By grace the truth I’ve un­der­stood,
It’s pow’r o’er sin and fleshy lust
Is now so real I ful­ly trust.

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The Spir­it’s real, His migh­ty pow­er
Protects me in temp­ta­tion’s hour;
In per­fect light He guid­eth me
And makes Him­self re­ali­ty.

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His word is real, O soul re­joice,
It is your bless­èd Sav­ior’s voice;
It tells you of His con­stant love
That in­ter­cedes for you above.

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O soul, He will be real to thee
If thou but claim re­al­ity;
Be real thy­self in ev­ery part,
Reality will fill thy heart.

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His pro­mise is so real to me,
Of His re­turn re­al­ity;
When I shall see His bless­èd face,
I’ll praise Him for His won­drous grace.

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