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O thou, my soul, forget no more
The Friend Who all thy sorrows bore;
Let every idol be forgot;
But, O my soul, forget Him not.
Jesus for thee a body takes,
Thy guilt assumes, thy fetters breaks,
Discharging all thy dreadful debt;
And canst thou e’er such love forget?
Renounce thy works
and ways, with grief,
And fly to this divine relief;
Nor Him forget, who left his throne,
And for thy life gave up His own.
Eternal truth and mercy shine,
In Him, and He Himself is thine:
And canst thou, then, with sin beset,
Such charms,
such matchless charms, forget:
O, no! till life itself depart,
His Name shall cheer
and warm my heart;
And lisping this, from earth I’ll rise;
And join the chorus of the skies.
O, no! when all things else expire,
And perish in the general fire,
This Name all others shall survive,
And through eternity shall live.
---Alternative verses---
Infinite truth and mercy shine,
In Him, and He Himself is thine:
And canst thou, then, with sin beset,
Such charms,
such matchless charms, forget:
Ah! no! till life itself depart,
His Name shall cheer
and warm my heart;
And lisping this, from earth I’ll rise;
And join the chorus of the skies.
Ah! no! when all things else expire,
And perish in the general fire,
This Name all others shall survive,
And through eternity shall live.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Trans/Adapted:
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Dates:
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1801
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 103:2;
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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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| 1962 | # 213 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HOLLEY (HOLLY)
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1835
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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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| # 599 | Eb | | # 625 | Eb | | # 414 | F | | # 21 | Eb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) |
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