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I once was a stranger
to grace and to God,
I knew not my danger,
and felt not my load;
Though friends spoke
in rapture of Christ on the tree,
Jehovah Tsidkenu
was nothing to me.
I oft read with pleasure,
to sooth or engage,
Isaiah�s wild measure
and John�s simple page;
But e�en when they pictured
the blood sprinkled tree
Jehovah Tsidkenu
seemed nothing to me.
Like tears from the daughters
of Zion that roll,
I wept when the waters
went over His soul;
Yet thought not that my sins
had nailed to the tree
Jehovah Tsidkenu�
�twas nothing to me.
When free grace awoke me,
by light from on high,
Then legal fears shook me,
I trembled to die;
No refuge, no safety in self could I see�
Jehovah Tsidkenu
my Saviour must be.
My terrors all vanished
before the sweet name;
My guilty fears banished,
with boldness I came
To drink at the fountain,
life giving and free�
Jehovah Tsidkenu
is all things to me.
Jehovah Tsidkenu!
my treasure and boast,
Jehovah Tsidkenu!
I ne�er can be lost;
In thee I shall conquer by flood and by field,
My cable, my anchor,
my breast-plate and shield!
Even treading the valley,
the shadow of death,
This �watchword� shall rally
my faltering breath;
For while from life�s fever
my God sets me free,
Jehovah Tsidkenu,
my death song shall be.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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11 11 11 11
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1837
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Bible Refs:
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Jer 23:5-6;
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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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| 1981 | # 96 | | | # 897 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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CLARENDON STREET (GORDON)
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Meter:
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11 11 11 11
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1876
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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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| # 134 | Ab | | # 99 | F | | # 289 | F | | # 364 | F | | # 659 | F | | # 96 | F | | # 182 | F | | # 53 | F |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 6 5 6 5 D | | 11 11 11 11 | | 11 11 11 11 |
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