The New Life in Christ

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The higher life for this I pray

Author: Birdie Bell
Tune: [The higher life! for this I pray]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 The higher life! for this I pray,
Oh, may I live it day by day,
Uplift me, Lord, in arms of love
From lower plane to heights above.

Chorus:
help me to seek the life above,
Teach me the hidden life to prove,
The holy life thy children know,
On me this wondrous gift bestow.

2 The hidden life, I fain would know,
Its wondrous grace on me bestow,
Teach me to live it, Lord, for thee,
That thou be manifest in me. [Chorus]

3 The life more holy, make it mine:
Oh, fill me with thy life divine,
Thy heav’nly strength to me impart
And cleanse form guilt my sinful heart. [Chorus]

Source: Songs for Work and Worship #137

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Author: Birdie Bell

C. Louise Bell, also known a Birdie Bell, was born, raised and lived in New York city. She began writing hymns when she was sixteen years old. She is the author of more than 500 hymns, 200 religious poems, and 200 Christmas and Easter lyrics, as well as short stories, and articles. She wrote under the name of Birdie Bell, which is what her family called her. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	The higher life for this I pray
Title:	The New Life in Christ
Author:	Birdie Bell
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Help me to seek the life above
Copyright:	Public Domain