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Christ, of all my hopes the Ground;
Christ, the Spring of all my joy;
Still in Thee may I be found,
|:Still for Thee my powers employ:|
Let Thy love my heart inflame;
Keep Thy fear before my sight;
Be Thy praise my highest aim;
|:Be Thy smile my chief delight:|
When affliction clouds my sky,
And the wintry tempests blow,
Let Thy mercy beaming eye
|:Sweetly cheer the night of woe:|
When new triumphs of Thy Name
Swell the raptured songs above,
May I feel a kindred flame,
|:Full of zeal, and full of love!:|
Life’s best joy, to see Thy praise
Fly on wings of Gospel light,
Leading on millennial days,
|:Scattering all the shades of night!:|
Fountain of overflowing grace,
Freely from Thy fullness give;
Till I close my earthly race,
|:May I prove it “Christ to live!:|
When, with wasting sickness worn,
Sinking to the grave I lie,
Or, by sudden anguish torn,
|:Startled nature dreads to die:|
Jesus, my redeeming Lord,
Be Thou then in mercy near!
Let Thy smile of love afford
|:Full relief from all my fear:|
Firmly trusting in Thy blood,
Nothing shall my heart confound;
Safely I shall pass the flood,
|:Safely reach Emmanuel’s ground:|
When I touch the blesséd shore,
Back the closing waves shall roll;
Death’s dark stream shall never more
|:Part from Thee my ravished soul:|
Thus, O thus, an entrance give
To the land of cloudless sky;
Having known it “Christ to live,”
|:Let me know it “gain to die.”:|
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Christ, of all my hopes the Ground;
Christ, the Spring of all my joy;
Still in Thee let me be found,
|:Still for Thee my powers employ:|
Fountain of overflowing grace,
Freely from Thy fullness give;
Till I close my earthly race,
|: Be it “Christ for me to live!:|
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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7 7 7 7 extended
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Dates:
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1817
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Bible Refs:
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Is 28:16; Phil 1:21;
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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 | # 672 | | 2004 | # 724 | | 1920 | # 314 | | 1954 | # 89 | | 1925 | # 410 | | 1931 | # 465 | | 1916 | # 219 | | 1866 | # 833 | | 1961 | # 437 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HORTON
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Meter:
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7 7 7 7
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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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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| # 244 | Ab | | # 415 | Bb |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 7 7 7 7 7 | | 7 7 7 7 | | 7 7 7 7 | | 7 7 7 7 | | 7 7 7 7 |
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