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Would Jesus have the sinner die?
Why hangs he then on yonder tree?
What means that strange expiring cry?
Sinners, he prays for you and me:
Forgive them, Father, O forgive!
|: They know not that by me they live. :|
Jesus descended from above,
Our loss of Eden to retrieve,
Great God of universal love,
If all the world through Thee may live,
In us a quickening Spirit be,
|: And witness Thou hast died for me! :|
Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb,
Thee—by thy painful agony,
Thy sweat of blood, thy grief and shame,
Thy cross and passion on the tree,
Thy precious death and life—I pray:
|: Take all, take all my sins away! :|
O let me kiss thy bleeding feet,
And bathe and wash them with my tears;
The story of thy love repeat
In every drooping sinner’s ears;
That all may hear the quickening sound,
|: Since I, even I, have mercy found. :|
O let thy love my heart control,
Thy love for every sinner free,
That every fallen human soul
May taste the grace that found out me;
That all mankind with me may prove
|: Thy sovereign, everlasting love! :|
---Alternative verses---
Thou loving, all-atoning Lamb,
Thee—by thy painful agony,
Thy bloody sweat, thy grief and shame,
Thy cross and passion on the tree,
Thy precious death and life—I pray:
|: Take all, take all my sins away! :|
O let Thy love my heart constrain!
Thy love for every sinner free,
That every fallen soul of man
May taste the grace that found out me;
That all mankind with me may prove
|: Thy sovereign everlasting love. :|
O let Thy love my heart constrain!
Thy love for every sinner free,
That every fallen son of man
May taste the grace that found out me;
That all mankind with me may prove
|: Thy sovereign everlasting love. :|
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8 extended
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Dates:
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1741,1780
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Bible Refs:
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Ez 33:11;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1889 | # 33 | | 1899 | # 97 | | 1983 | # 185 | | 1954 | # 173 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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SELENA
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 8 8
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1850
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 96 | Ab |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 | | 8 8 8 8 8 8 |
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