1 Since the Comforter has come, ev’ry door is opened wide,
And I welcome Him to reign within my soul;
He has brought the things of Christ and has shown them unto me,
And my life is under His full control.
Refrain:
The Comforter has come to abide;
The Comforter has come to abide;
Of my fully yielded soul
He has taken full control,
For the Comforter has come to abide.
2 Since the Comforter has come, I’ve been guided into truth,
He has taught us ev’rything I ought o know;
And to my remembrance brought precious sayings of my Lord,
And He leads me in the paths I should go. [Refrain]
3 Since the Comforter has come, there is peace within my heart,
I have rest from fretting, worriment and care;
I have pow’r to testify to the Lord who loves me so,
And my faith is mounting on wings of pray’r. [Refrain]
Source: New Songs of Pentecost #27
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.
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