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Text:How the Fire Fell
Author:Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune:[O I love to tell the blessèd story]
Composer:Miriam Eulalie Oatman
Media:MIDI file

2572. How the Fire Fell

1. O I love to tell the blessèd story
Since the Lord sanctified me;
For my soul received a flood of glory
When the Lord sanctified me.

Refrain
O I never shall forget how the fire fell,
How the fire fell, how the fire fell.
O I never shall forget how the fire fell
When the Lord sanctified me.

2. All my doubts and fears are gone forever
Since the Lord sanctified me;
For His peace flowed o’er me like a river
When the Lord sanctified me. [Refrain]

3. To the world no more my heart is turning
Since the Lord sanctified me;
For on me His Spirit fell with burning
When the Lord sanctified me. [Refrain]

4. There’s a crown awaiting me in Heaven
Since the Lord sanctified me;
For a heart made clean to me was given
When the Lord sanctified me. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: O I love to tell the blessèd story
Title: How the Fire Fell
Author: Johnson Oatman, Jr. (1905)
Refrain First Line: O I never shall forget how the fire fell
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [O I love to tell the blessèd story]
Composer: Miriam Eulalie Oatman
Incipit: 12332 16531 23333
Key: D♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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