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This is an hymn by [[Charles Wesley]], 1739, from ''Hymns and Sacred Poems'', No. 24, entitled ''Free Grace''. Meter is {{CiteCat|88. 88. 88}}. | |||
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1. And can it be, that I should gain | |||
An interest in the Savior’s blood! | |||
Died he for me? Who caused his pain! | |||
For me? Who him to death pursued. | |||
Amazing love! How can it be | |||
That thou, my God, should die for me? | |||
{{Text| | 2. Tis mystery all! The immortal dies! | ||
Who can explore his strange design? | |||
In vain the first-born seraph tries | |||
To sound the depths of love divine. | |||
Tis mercy all! Let earth adore; | |||
Let angel minds inquire no more.}} | |||
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3. He left his Father’s throne above, | |||
(So free, so infinite his grace!) | |||
Emptied himself of all but love, | |||
And bled for Adam’s helpless race: | |||
Tis mercy all, immense and free! | |||
For O my God! It found out me! | |||
4. Long my imprisoned spirit lay, | |||
{{ | Fast bound in sin and nature’s night: | ||
Thine eye diffused a quickening ray; | |||
I woke; the dungeon flamed with light; | |||
}} | My chains fell off, my heart was free, | ||
I rose, went forth, and followed thee.}} | |||
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5. Still the small inward voice I hear, | |||
That whispers all my sins forgiven; | |||
Still the atoning blood is near, | |||
That quenched the wrath of hostile heaven: | |||
I feel the life his wounds impart; | |||
I feel my Savior in my heart. | |||
6. No condemnation now I dread, | |||
Jesus, and all in him, is mine: | |||
Alive in him, my living head, | |||
And clothed in righteousness divine, | |||
Bold I approach the eternal throne, | |||
And claim the crown, through Christ, my own.}} | |||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 03:41, 17 February 2020
General information
This is an hymn by Charles Wesley, 1739, from Hymns and Sacred Poems, No. 24, entitled Free Grace. Meter is 88. 88. 88.
Settings by composers
- composer) — Sagina (Thomas Campbell (composer)) English SATB
Text and translations
English text 1. And can it be, that I should gain |
3. He left his Father’s throne above, |
5. Still the small inward voice I hear, |
External links
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