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[I sang, one day a sad sweet song]

Appears in 11 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Geo. L. Brown; Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Incipit: 51132 15653 21112 Used With Text: Remembered Blessings

Author: Geo. L. Brown Appears in 18 hymnals First Line: I sang one day, a sad sweet song Refrain First Line: O the blessing and the power that the Lord gave me then Lyrics: 1 I sang one day, a sad sweet song, ‘Twas at the twilight hour; A flame of love came gently down— I felt its melting pow’r. Refrain: O the blessing and the power that the Lord gave me then, I never shall forget, I never shall forget; Even now ’tis stealing over me again and again, It lingers with me yet. 2 So filled was I, I sang no more, My heart o’erflowed with bliss; With tearful eye and throbbing breast I knelt in thankfulness. [Refrain] 3 Thus, oft my Saviour comes to me, When all is lone and still; Each blessing makes me long the more To do His holy will. [Refrain] 4 I praise the Lord, the fire still burns With Pentecostal flame; The altar of my soul’s aglow, All glory to His name. [Refrain] Used With Tune: [I sang one day, a sad sweet song]

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Remembered Blessings

Author: Geo. L. Brown Hymnal: Songs of Praise and Salvation #25 (1902) First Line: I sang one day, a sad sweet song Refrain First Line: O the blessing and the power that the Lord gave me then Lyrics: 1 I sang one day, a sad sweet song, ‘Twas at the twilight hour; A flame of love came gently down— I felt its melting pow’r. Refrain: O the blessing and the power that the Lord gave me then, I never shall forget, I never shall forget; Even now ’tis stealing over me again and again, It lingers with me yet. 2 So filled was I, I sang no more, My heart o’erflowed with bliss; With tearful eye and throbbing breast I knelt in thankfulness. [Refrain] 3 Thus, oft my Saviour comes to me, When all is lone and still; Each blessing makes me long the more To do His holy will. [Refrain] 4 I praise the Lord, the fire still burns With Pentecostal flame; The altar of my soul’s aglow, All glory to His name. [Refrain] Tune Title: [I sang one day, a sad sweet song]

Remembered Blessings

Author: Geo. L. Brown Hymnal: Praise in Song #85 (1893) First Line: I sang one day, a sad sweet song Refrain First Line: O the blessing and the power that the Lord gave me then Languages: English Tune Title: [I sang one day, a sad sweet song]

Remembered Blessings

Author: Geo. L. Brown Hymnal: Songs of Grace and Truth #10 (1899) First Line: I sang, one day, a sad, sweet song Refrain First Line: Oh, the blessing and the power Languages: English Tune Title: [I sang, one day, a sad, sweet song]

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George L. Brown

Person Name: Geo. L. Brown Author of "Remembered Blessings" in Songs of Praise and Salvation Brown’s works include: The Highway Hymnal, with Isaiah Reid (Nevada, Iowa: Highway Office, 1886) Music: JACOB'S LADDER --www.hymntime.com/tch

William J. Kirkpatrick

1838 - 1921 Person Name: Wm. J. Kirkpatrick Arranger of "[I sang one day, a sad sweet song]" in Songs of Praise and Salvation William J. Kirkpatrick (b. Duncannon, PA, 1838; d. Philadelphia, PA, 1921) received his musical training from his father and several other private teachers. A carpenter by trade, he engaged in the furniture business from 1862 to 1878. He left that profession to dedicate his life to music, serving as music director at Grace Methodist Church in Philadelphia. Kirkpatrick compiled some one hundred gospel song collections; his first, Devotional Melodies (1859), was published when he was only twenty-one years old. Many of these collections were first published by the John Hood Company and later by Kirkpatrick's own Praise Publishing Company, both in Philadelphia. Bert Polman