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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, my Saviour, was nothing to me. :|
When free grace awoke me by light from on high,
Then legal tears shook me; I trembled to die;
No refuge, no safety, in self could I see;
|: Jehovah! Thou only 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, my Saviour, is all things to me. :|
Jehovah, the Lord, is my treasure and boast;
Jehovah, my Saviour. I ne'er can be lost:
In thee I shall conquer by flood and by field,
|: Jehovah, my anchor, Jehovah, my shield. :|
E'en 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, my Saviour, my death-song shall be. :|
---Alternative verses---
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, my Saviour, seemed nothing to me. :|
My terrors all vanished before his sweet name;
My guilty fears banished, with boldness I came
To drink at the fountain so copious and free:
|: Jehovah, my Saviour, is all things to me. :|
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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11 11 11 11 extended
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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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| 1893 | # 61 | | 1866 | # 1006 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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JEHOVAH MY SAVIOUR
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Meter:
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11 11 11 11 11
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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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| # 61 | Ab |
ALTERNATIVE TUNES
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Name
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meter
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| 11 11 11 11 11 |
echo ' | ';
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