Let Us Tarry for the Power

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Let us tarry for the power as Christ commanded

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [Let us tarry for the power as Christ commanded]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Let us tarry for the pow’r as Christ commanded
Ere the opening heavens received Him out of sight;
Let us wait upon the Lord, trusting in His precious word,
Until He endue us with the Spirit’s might.

Chorus:
Let us tarry, let us tarry for the pow’r,
For the old-time pow’r of Pentecost;
Let us tarry, humbly tarry,
Till He fill us with the Holy Ghost.

2 We are powerless and weak without the presence
of the blessed Holy Ghost our hearts within;
Breathe upon us now from heav’n, promise of the Savior giv’n;
Make us strong to go the lost of earth to win. [Chorus]

3 Now the glorious scene of old once more repeating,
While with one accord we tarry in this place;
Lord, we cannot let Thee go till a blessing Thou bestow,
Wholly sanctify and save us by Thy grace. [Chorus]

Source: Light and Life Songs: adapted especially to sunday schools, prayer meetings and other social services #39

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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:	Let us tarry for the power as Christ commanded
Title:	Let Us Tarry for the Power
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Let us tarry, let us tarry
Copyright:	Public Domain