Running Over

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Since the Lord has come to dwell

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Since the Lord has come to dwell]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Since the Lord has come to dwell
In my heart, I love to tell
Of His grace that fills and thrills me ev’ry day;
Of the peace, unbounded, free that is flowing over me
As I travel on my homeward way.

Chorus:
Running over, running over,
Running over is this cup of mine;
Running over, running over,
Running over with His love divine.

2 Since He pardoned all my sin,
And the victory I win
In the conflict as I ever onward press;
I have joy that is untold, I have blessings manifold,
As I walk the path of righteousness. [Chorus]

3 Now I walk the holy way,
Pentecost is mine today,
And my heart is filled and thrilled with love divine.
Praises fill my raptured soul, waves of glory o’er me roll,
And an overflowing cup is mine. [Chorus]

Source: Songs of the Sanctuary #196

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

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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First Line:	Since the Lord has come to dwell
Title:	Running Over
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Running over, running over
Publication Date:	1945
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1945.