1 In the wondrous realms of grace
Every one may find a place,
And redemption from the curse of sin;
Justified, from sin set free,
Cleansed from all depravity,
When the blessed Holy Ghost comes in.
Refrain:
Ye shall be holy,
For I the Lord your God am holy;
Ye shall be holy,
Like unto Me, the meek and lowly,
Cleansed from Every stain of sin,
Sanctified and pure within—
Because it is written,
“Be ye holy, for I am holy.”
2 This the will of God we see
That we sanctified should be,
And for this the Lamb of God was slain;
That the “man of sin” might die,
That the Spirit from on high
May within us live and rule and reign. [Refrain]
3 On the cross of agony
Jesus died that we might be
Sanctified and for His use made meet;
O the mystery of love
That someday in courts above
We may stand before His throne complete! [Refrain]
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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