1 There’s a song I love to sing,
To the praises of our King,
For His great salvation full and free;
For the Savior came one day,
And He took my sins away,
And the blessing fell on me.
Refrain:
‘Twas a happy, happy day,
When He took my sins away,
And from bondage set me free;
And the glory filled my soul,
As the burden off did roll,
And the blessing fell on me.
2 When I consecration made,
And upon the alter laid
All I was, or ever hoped to be;
Then the Holy Spirit came,
In a Pentecostal flame,
And the blessing fell on me. [Refrain]
3 Although so undone was I,
Jesus hearkened to my cry,
Gave me perfect peace and liberty;
Unto others now I tell,
Of this Friend I love so well,
Since the blessing fell on me. [Refrain]
Source: Full Redemption Songs #36
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."
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