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CHORUS
How to express to thee, my gratitude, my Lord?
I can but only cry tears of the deepest love,
Nothing I have to give, please Lord receive my heart,
Nearer, I want to be nearer to thee, oh, Lord.
2
Oh, how sweet 'tis to cry, when pardon thou provides
Knowing with certainty, thy grace has reached my soul;
Who may take me away if I walk by thy side?,
Thou shalt save me from sin, for I am thine, oh, Lord.
3
Oh, what joyous feeling completely fills my heart,
As I come kneel and weep, Oh, Lord, before thy feet;
Thou shalt save me from sin, and grant me love and peace,
And an eternal dwelling, to live there at thy side.
502. LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHAT BEAUTY
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Lord Jesus Christ, what beauty! The Church close to thy heart!
My soul in endless longing, yearns in perpetual sighs!
CHORUS
Come to the Church, to God's temple,
Oh, come to the House of the Lord;
No place is so dear to my heart,
//As the Church// of the Lord.
2
My soul in endless longing, thy Church seeks to behold,
And I'll belong to Jesus, the object of my love.
3
One day in thy court's better, with thee in holiness,
Than thousands filled with pleasures, in wicked paths of sin.
4
Blessed are they that enter, the temple of the Lord,
For by its grace they're strengthened, in spirit and in joy!
5
I'd rather see the gateway of thy celestial halls,
Than the uncertain pathways or worldly joys and bliss.

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