Have Ye Received the Holy Ghost?

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Have ye received the Holy Ghost

Author: Eliza E. Hewitt
Tune: [Have ye received the Holy Ghost]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Have ye received the Holy Ghost
To dwell within your soul,
And do you know His mighty power
To cleanse, and make you whole?

Refrain:
Have you received, since you believed,
Have you received the Holy Ghost?
Have you received, since you believed,
The blessed Holy Ghost.

2 Have you thrown open ev’ry door,
That He might rule within,
And give you grace to walk in white,
And triumph over sin? [Refrain]

3 Have you received the Holy Ghost,
And does He testify
To you, in sweetest, clearest tones
Of Christ, your Lord on high? [Refrain]

4 Now does His light illume the Word
Until its pages shine,
To lead you on from grace to grace,
In fellowship divine? [Refrain]

Source: New Songs of Pentecost #35

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Author: Eliza E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Have ye received the Holy Ghost
Title:	Have Ye Received the Holy Ghost?
Author:	Eliza E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Have you received, since you believed
Copyright:	Public Domain