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Infinite grace! and can it be
That heaven supreme should stoop so low!
To visit one so vile as I,
One who has been his bitterest foe!
Can holiness and wisdom join,
With truth, with justice, and with grace,
To make eternal blessings mine,
And sin, with all its guilt erase?
O love! beyond conception great,
That formed the vast, stupendous plan!
Where all divine perfections meet
To reconcile rebellious man!
There wisdom shines in fullest blaze,
And justice all her rights maintains!
Astonished angels stoop to gaze,
While mercy o'er the guilty reigns.
Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too —
In Christ harmoniously they meet:
He paid to justice all her due,
And now he fills the mercy-seat.
Such are the wonders of our God,
And such th' amazing depths of grace,
To save from wrath's vindictive rod,
The chosen sons of Adam's race.
With grateful songs, then let our souls
Surround our gracious Father's throne;
And all between the distant poles
His truth and mercy ever own.
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Meter:
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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Bible Refs:
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Ps 85:10;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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MARYTON
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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1874
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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| # 320 | D | | # 456 | D | | # 518 | E | | # 63 | E | | # 32 | E | | # 128 | Eb | | # 451 | Eb | | # 385 | Eb | | # 426 | Eb | | # 122 | Eb | | # 11 | Eb |
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