Almighty love inspire My heart with sacred fire

Almighty love inspire My heart with sacred fire

Author: Caleb Jarvis Taylor
Published in 67 hymnals

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1 Almighty love inspire
My heart with sacred fire,
And animate desire,
My soul to renew.
I love my blessed Jesus,
Oh whom bright angels gazes
And symphony increases
Above th' etherial blue.

2 My tender hearted Jesus,
Thy love my soul amazes,
Thou came for to save us,
When lost and undone,
No Seraph could redeem us,
No Angel could retrieve us,
No Arm could relieve us,
But Jesus alone.

3 In Him I have believed,
And He's my soul retrieved
From sin He has redeemed
My soul which was dead.
And now I love my Saviour,
For I am in his favor,
And hope with Him for ever,
The golden streets to tread.

4 Yet here awhile I stay,
In hope of that glad day,
When I am call'd away,
To the mansions above.
There to enjoy the pleasure
Of inconsuming treasure,
And shout in highest measure
Hallelujahs of Love.

Source: A Collection of Spiritual Songs and Hymns #XLIII

Author: Caleb Jarvis Taylor

Caleb Jarvis Taylor was a Methodist minister, songwriter, author, and schoolteacher in Kentucky. Born Roman Catholic he converted before the age of 20. He organized early Methodist congregations in northeast Kentucky and supplied camp meeting songs during the Great Revival. He was born June 20, 1763, in St. Mary’s County, Maryland, and died June 6, 1816 in Maysville, Kentucky. Chris Hoh, from "The Early Camp Meeting Song Writers," Methodist Quarterly Review, 1859, Vol. XLI, Fourth Series, XI, April, p 401-413; The History of Methodism in Kentucky by a. H. Redford, p 128-134; Mt. Gilead Methodist Meeting House," Hopewell Museum website (www.hopewellmuseum.org) Go to person page >

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First Line: Almighty love inspire My heart with sacred fire
Author: Caleb Jarvis Taylor
Copyright: Public Domain

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