Scripture Verse

There came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting. And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them. Acts 2:2–3

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of the Great Sal­va­tion, by Will­iam M. Run­yan & Da­ni­el B. Tow­ner (Wi­chi­ta, Kan­sas: Run­yan Mu­sic Pub­lish­ing, cir­ca 1919), num­ber 78.

Music: Charles H. Ga­bri­el, 1918 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles H. Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

Come, Spir­it, come in migh­ty pow­er,
As on the bless­èd day of old
When fell the Pen­te­cost­al show­er
That ga­thered thou­sands to the fold.

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Nothing but the pow­er of the Ho­ly Ghost
Can sanc­ti­fy and keep through a Sav­ior’s love,
And light with­in our souls the flame
That burns on the al­tar of Heav’n above.

O for a mighty rush­ing wind
To fill this con­se­crat­ed place,
That sin­ners lost might seek and find
The gate of hope, the door of grace.

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O for a pow­er that heals the heart,
That takes away the dross of sin,
That we may, like the world, de­part,
And let the King of Glo­ry in.

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Dear Sav­ior, from Thy throne on high
Now grant the pow­er for which we call,
Till shouts of rap­ture fill the sky,
And Thou, O Lord, art all in all.

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