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The love of Christ proclaim, In all my days
Till all the world Could gladly spend. 5/5
Adore His sacred name. HOME
HOME 091 O the bitter shame and
089 My song is love unknown sorrow
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My song is love unknown; O the bitter shame and sorrow,
My Saviour's love to me; That a time could ever be,
Love to the loveless shown, That they might When I let the Savior‟s pity
lovely be. Plead in vain, and proudly answered,
O who am I “All of self, and none of Thee!”
That for my sake, “All of self, and none of Thee!” 1/4
My Lord should take
Frail flesh, and die? 1/5 Verse 2
Yet He found me; I beheld Him
Verse 2 He came from his blest throne, Bleeding on th‟accursèd tree,
Salvation to bestow: Heard Him pray, “Forgive them, Father!”
But men made strange, and none The longed- And my wistful heart said faintly,
for Christ would know. But O my Friend! “Some of self, and some of Thee!”
My friend indeed, “Some of self, and some of Thee!” 2/4
Who at my need
His life did spend. 2/5 Verse 3
Day by day His tender mercy,
Verse 3 Healing, helping, full and free,
Sometimes they strew his way, Sweet and strong, and ah! so patient,
And His sweet praises sing; Resounding all the Brought me lower, while I whispered,
day, Hosannas to their king. Then : Crucify! “Less of self, and more of Thee!”
Is all their breath, “Less of self, and more of Thee!” 3/4
And for his death
They thirst and cry. 3/5 Verse 4
Higher than the highest heavens,
Verse 6 Deeper than the deepest sea,
In life, no house, no home Lord, Thy love at last hath conquered:
My Lord on earth might have; In death, no Grant me now my supplication,
friendly tomb But what a stranger gave. What “None of self, and all of Thee!”
may I say? “None of self, and all of Thee!” Amen. 4/4
Heav'n was His home; HOME
But mine the tomb 092 Redeemed
Wherein He lay. 4/5
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Verse 7 Redeemed, by the precious blood of the lamb,
Here might I stay and sing, Redeemed, by the touch of the Saviour's hand,
No story so divine; Never was love, dear King, Redeemed, we were saved and santified,
Never was grief like Thine. Redeemed, Allelula, Redeemed! 1/4
This is my Friend,
In whose sweet praise Verse 2
Redeemed, when in sin and condemmed to die
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