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Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving-kindness O how free! He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all: He saved me from my lost estate, His loving-kindness O how great! Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart; But, though I have Him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers shall fail: O may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death! Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day: And sing with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies.
Awake, my soul, in joyful lays, And sing thy great Redemer’s praise; He justly claims a song from me, His loving-kindness O how free! He saw me ruined in the fall, Yet loved me notwithstanding all: He saved me from my lost estate, His loving-kindness O how great! Often I feel my sinful heart Prone from my Jesus to depart; But, though I have Him oft forgot, His loving-kindness changes not. Soon shall I pass the gloomy vale; Soon all my mortal powers shall fail: O may my last expiring breath His loving-kindness sing in death! Then let me mount and soar away To the bright world of endless day: And sing with rapture and surprise, His loving-kindness in the skies.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 341 · printed citation: Medley · subject: KINDNESS
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