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Let the fire fall, let the fire fall!

26/5/2014

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The test of true revival is that the fruit will be seen in individual lives which will then have a marked effect upon the community. One such true revival was that in Kilsyth, Scotland, beginning in 1908 where the writer of this hymn, Harry Tee, was the leading elder of the church from 1922 until his death in 1959. Harry and the church there in Kilsyth, experienced a true ‘upper chamber’ revival. For 9 months, meetings were held every night as folk gathered in and around the church. Crowds spilled out on to the streets and on to the church roof (!) which made Kilsyth something of a ‘Pentecostal spectical’. Alexander Boddy, had stood on a pulpit with Evan Roberts in 1905 during the Welsh Revival and again exactly one year previous he had been with T.B. Barratt in Norway ministering in his meetings in the new Pentecostal revival yet when he visited the Kilsyth revival in for three days at the end of March 1908, he was overwhelmed at what he saw. It was heaven on earth. He lay on his face unable to say anything.

True to real revival, hundreds of lives were radically changed and signs followed. Some of the worst characters in the community were saved. One infamous man who had had to be restrained with rope, held by no less than FIVE policemen, was transformed instantly when he was born-again and filled with the Spirit. A lady who was ill with diphtheria and had lost her hearing and speech, was instantly healed when hands were laid on her. The town which was built mostly on mining was filled with rough, hard-working men whose hearts were touched and changed. This then affected the homes and children, and it was not uncommon to hear and see children earnestly seeking the Lord, speaking in tongues and even being used of God to bring sobering prophecies. Beyond the little Scottish town of Kilsyth, this outpouring affected nations and continents as, as with any true revival, a missionary zeal burned in hearts. When Harry Tee wrote the words and music to this revival hymn, he was both describing what happened in the Book of Acts as well as what happened in Kilsyth.

They were gathered in an upper chamber,
 As commanded by the risen Lord,
And the promise of the Father
There they sought with one accord
When the Holy Ghost from heav’n descended
Like a rushing wind and tongues of fire:
So dear Lord, we seek Thy blessing, 
Come with glory now our hearts inspire.
 
Let the fire fall, let the fire fall
Let the fire from heaven fall;
We are waiting and expecting 
Now in faith dear Lord we call;
Let the fire fall, let the fire fall
On Thy promise we depend;
From the glory of Thy presence Let the Pentecostal fire descend.

As Elijah we would raise the altar for our testimony clear and true
Christ the Saviour, loving Healer,
Coming Lord Baptizer too
Ever flowing grace and full salvation 
For a ruined race Thy love has plann’d
For this blessed revelation 
For Thy written Word we dare to stand 

With a living coal from off Thy altar,
Touch our lips to swell Thy wondrous praise
To extol Thee; bless, adore Thee
And our songs of worship raise;
Let the cloud of glory now descending
Fill our hearts with holy ecstacy,
Come in all Thy glorious fullness 
Blessed Holy Spirit have Thy way.

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Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing

18/5/2014

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Robert Robinson (1736—1790) was a very difficult child and even more so when his father passed away whilst he was yet young. His mother could not control him and despaired of his future. At age 17, she sent him down to London to learn how to be a barber, but there he found a life of drink and carousing which suited his wayward nature ever more. Then one night he and his friends asked a gypsy to tell them their fortunes. They laughed and mocked all the way through her ‘readings’, but when she pointed at Robert and said, “You will live to see your children, and your children’s children,” he was startled and thought he had better do something about his life if that was going to be the case. Robert had heard many people talking about a preacher who was in town, who drew crowds of hearers in fields and parks around London. The preacher was none other than, George Whitefield, whose voice could be heard by tens of thousands of folk without amplification.  Robert urged his friends to go with him to hear Whitefield. That night, Whitefield preached on Matthew 3:7 “But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to
come?”
During the address, Whitefield suddenly burst into tears crying,  “Oh, hearers! The wrath to come! The
wrath to come!” Robert felt Whitefield was addressing him alone and those words stayed with him. He carried this conviction of sin for three long years until he finally gave his life to the Lord at age 20. By 23, Robert was 
in the ministry and wrote the hymn, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, to accompany his sermon for Pentecost Sunday in 1757. 

Most will know the lines, “Prone to wander, Lord I feel it; prone to leave the God I love.” An unconfirmed story goes that Robert did in fact wander, and ended up in his latter years in France and one night when travelling in a coach, a Parisian woman was reading the poem, “Come Thou Fount of Every Blessing”, and turning to Robert, she asked what he thought of the poem. Hearing the very words he had written, he wept and confessed, “Madam, I am that wanderer,” to which she quickly responded, “But see, here is the way back, ‘streams of mercy never ceasing…’” and it is said that Robinson repented, and once more returned to the Saviour he had met as a 20 year old. 

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