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O boundless salvation!
deep ocean of love,
O fullness of mercy,
Christ brought from above,
The whole world redeeming,
so rich and so free,
Now flowing for all men,
now flowing for all men,
Now flowing for all men,
come, roll over me!
My sins they are many,
their stains are so deep,
And bitter the tears
of remorse that I weep;
But useless is weeping;
thou great crimson sea,
Thy waters can cleanse me,
thy waters can cleanse me,
Thy waters can cleanse me,
come, roll over me!
My tempers are fitful,
my passions are strong,
They bind my poor soul
and they force me to wrong;
Beneath thy blest billows
deliverance I see,
O come, mighty ocean,
O come, mighty ocean,
O come, mighty ocean,
and roll over me!
Now tossed with temptation,
then haunted with fears,
My life has been joyless
and useless for years;
I feel something better
most surely would be
If once thy pure waters,
if once thy pure waters,
If once thy pure waters
would roll over me.
O ocean of mercy,
oft longing I’ve stood
On the brink of thy wonderful,
life giving flood!
Once more I have reachèd
this soul cleansing sea,
I will not go back,
I will not go back,
I will not go back
till it rolls over me.
The tide is now flowing,
I’m touching the wave,
I hear the loud call
of the Mighty to Save;
My faith’s growing bolder,
delivered I’ll be;
I plunge ’neath the waters,
I plunge ’neath the waters,
I plunge ’neath the waters
they roll over me.
And now, hallelujah!
the rest of my days
Shall gladly be spent
in promoting His praise
Who opened His bosom
to pour out this sea
Of boundless salvation,
of boundless salvation,
Of boundless salvation
for you and for me.
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