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We love thee, Lord, because when we
Had erred and gone astray,
Thou didst recall our wandering souls
Into the homeward way;
When helpless, homeless, we were lost
In sin and sorrow’s night,
Thou didst send forth a guiding ray
Of thy benignant light;—
Because, when we forsook thy ways,
Nor kept thy holy will,
Thou wert not the avenging Judge,
But gracious Father still;—
Because, though we've forgot thee, Lord,
Thou hast not us forgot,-—
Though we have oft forsaken thee,
Yet thou forsakest not;—
Because, O Lord, thou lovedst us
With everlasting love;
Because thou gavest thy Son to die,
That we might live above;
Because, when we were heirs of wrath,
Thou gavest the hopes of heaven:
We love because we much have sinned,
And much have been forgiven.
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8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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GLEN
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8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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