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Smote by the law, I'm justly slain;
Great God, behold my case;
Pity a sinner fill'd with pain.
Nor drive me from thy face.
Dread terrors fright my guilty soul—
Thy justice, all in flames.
Gives sentence on this heart so foul,
So hard, so full of crimes.
'Tis trembling hardness that I feel;
I fear, but don't relent,—
Perhaps of endless death the seal:
Oh, that I could repent!
My pray'rs, my tears, my vows are vile:
My duties black with guilt;
On such a wretch can mercy smile,
Tho' Jesus' blood was spilt?
Speechless I sink to endless night,
I see an op'ning hell;
But lo! what glory strikes my sight!
Such glory who can tell!
Enrapt in these bright beams of peace,
I feel a gracious God:
Swell, swell the note: Oh, tell his grace;
Sound his high praise abroad!
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Dates:
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Bible Refs:
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Rm 7:9;
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MUSIC
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Name:
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MARTYRDOM
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Meter:
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8 6 8 6 (C.M.)
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1800, c1885
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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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| # 571 | A | | # 455 | A | | # 367 | A | | # 238 | A | | # 512 | A | | # 73 | G | | # 292 | G | | # 322 | G | | # 166 | G | | # 208 | G | | # 416 | G | | # 5 | G | | # 630 | G | | # 667 | No key |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) | | 8 6 8 6 (C.M.) |
echo ' | ';
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