Holy Ghost, We Bid Thee Welcome

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Holy Ghost, we bid Thee welcome

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Holy Ghost, we bid Thee welcome]
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Holy Ghost, we bid thee welcome,
Source of life and power thou art,
Promise of our heavenly Father,
Now thrice welcome in our heart.

2 Come like dew from Heaven falling,
Come like spring’s refreshing shower;
Holy Ghost, for thee we’re calling,
Come in all thy quickening power.

3 Hearts are open to receive thee
Though we’ve grieved thee o’er and o’er;
Holy Ghost, we greatly need thee,
Come, abide for evermore.

Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #213

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	Holy Ghost, we bid Thee welcome
Title:	Holy Ghost, We Bid Thee Welcome
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Welcome, welcome, welcome
Copyright:	Public Domain