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Text:Descend, O Flame Of Sacred Fire
Author:Fanny Crosby
Tune:LOUVAN
Composer:Virgil Corydon Taylor
Media:MIDI file

9858. Descend, O Flame Of Sacred Fire

1 Descend, O flame of sacred fire,
Now may we feel Thy quickening power;
To purest love each heart inspire,
And keep us in each trying hour.

2 Come like a rushing wind, we pray,
And let Thy presence fill this place;
Oh, take our unbelief away,
Baptize us with Thy boundless grace.

3 Come down from Heaven, O quenchless flame,
Through Christ, the everlasting Son;
The riches of His love proclaim,
And melt our every heart in one.

Text Information
First Line: Descend, O flame of sacred fire
Title: Descend, O Flame Of Sacred Fire
Author: Fanny Crosby
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: The Christian Choir by Ira D. Sankey and James McGranahan, circa 1885
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: LOUVAN
Composer: Virgil Corydon Taylor (1850)
Meter: LM
Key: A♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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