1 O my heart shall not forget the golden hour,
When the Holy Spirit like a cleansing show’r,
Fell upon my heart and took complete control,
Then His glory filled and thrilled my ransomed soul.
Refrain:
When the blessed words of promise I believed,
Then the fulness of the blessing I received,
And the Holy Spirit came,
Like a burning, cleansing flame,
When the fulness of the blessing I received.
2 When without reserve I consecrated all,
When I waited for the pow’r from heav’n to fall,
Just the moment that the promise I believed,
Then the fulness of the blessing I received. [Refrain]
3 As I walk and talk with Jesus ev’ry day,
He is keeping and sustaining all the way;
Fully yielded to His blessed will divine,
O the fulness of the blessing still is mine! [Refrain]
Source: New Songs of Praise and Power 1-2-3 Combined #10
Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >
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