Jesus Sanctifies

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I have tarried for the power, It has come a mighty shower

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [I have tarried for the power]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I have tarried for the pow’r,
It has come, a mighty show’r,
The baptism of the blessed Holy Ghost;
Consecrating all to God,
Fully trusting in the blood,
I’ve been saved unto the uttermost.

Chorus:
Jesus wholly sanctifies me,
From all sin I am set free;
Now I am as happy as can be;
Hallelujah, praise the Lord!

2 Gone is all carnality,
I am set completely free,
And in Jesus I’m rejoicing night and day;
For He fills and thrills my soul,
And the waves of glory roll,
While I’m walking in the King’s highway. [Chorus]

3 Does your heart for cleansing yearn?
Let the Holy Spirit burn
All the dross and make you whiter than the snow;
He will sanctify your soul,
Come and take complete control,
Make your life a heav’n on earth below. [Chorus]

Source: Light and Life Songs No. 2 #15

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I have tarried for the power, It has come a mighty shower
Title:	Jesus Sanctifies
Author:	Haldor Lillenas
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Jesus wholly sanctifies me
Publication Date:	1914
Copyright:	Public Domain