1 At the place of prayer we wait today,
While the Spirit speaks and we obey;
Flames of pow’r are falling,
While on Christ we’re calling.
Let the Pentecostal fire come down.
Refrain:
Let the Pentecostal fire come down,
Let the Pentecostal fire come down;
Swing the gates of glory
While we wait before Thee—
Let the Pentecostal fire come down.
2 All upon Thy altar, Lord, we lay;
Burn the dross, consume the sin, we pray;
Thou wilt not deny us—
Purge and purify us!
Let the Pentecostal fire come down. [Refrain]
3 Let the waves of blessing sweep this way,
Flood our souls with glory, Lord, today!
Now we claim Thy promise,
Send the pow’r upon us!
Let the Pentecostal fire come down. [Refrain]
Source: Tabernacle Praises No. 1 #42
Avis Marguerite Burgeson was born in 1895 and lived in Chicago all her life. She attended the Moody Church, pastored for many years by Dr. Harry Ironside. In 1917, Avis Burgeson married Ernest Christiansen who later became a vice president of Moody Bible Institute. She was a modest and retiring woman, and sometimes used pen names: Avis Burgesson, Christian B. Anson and Constance B. Reid. She began writing poems in childhood, and before her death in 1985 had written thousands of them. She died in 1985.
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