1 There are souls in sin which we fail to win,
Just because we lack desire;
And the thing we need—sorely need indeed—
Is the pentecostal fire.
Refrain:
That’s the thing, the very thing,
That is what we must acquire;
Let us pray once more as they did of yore
For the pentecostal fire.
2 He will send it down and our lives will crown
With the blessing day by day;
If we truly plead for the thing we need
In the earnest, old-time way. [Refrain]
3 Let us seek the face of the King of grace,
Let us do His holy will;
Then the fire will come on each heart and home,
For He loves the faithful still. [Refrain]
4 If your heart is cold and you’ve lost the pow’r,
God will give you your desire;
If we seek His face ev’ry day and hour,
He will send the old-time fire. [Refrain]
Source: Soul Inspiring Songs #117
Pseudonym: James S. Apple.
James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works.
Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >
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