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==General information== | ==General information== | ||
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 == |
Latest revision as of 17:48, 23 March 2024
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 (automated)
- 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, |
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