37 I AM THINE OH LORD 38 39 THE OLD RUGGED CROSS

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I AM THINE, O LORD ON A HILL FAR AWAY
I HAVE HEARD THY VOICE STOOD AN OLD RUGGED CROSS
AND IT TOLD THY LOVE TO ME THE EMBLEM OF SUFFERING AND SHAME
AMAZING GRACE
BUT I LONG TO RISE AND I LOVE THAT OLD CROSS
IN THE ARMS OF FAITH WHERE THE DEAREST AND BEST
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AND BE CLOSER DRAWN TO THEE FOR A WORLD OF LOST SINNERS WAS SLAIN
AMAZING GRACE,
HOW SWEET THE SOUND
CHORUS CHORUS
THAT SAVED A WRETCH LIKE ME
DRAW ME NEARER, NEARER, SO I’LL CHERISH
I, ONCE, WAS LOST BUT NOW, AM FOUND
BLESSED LORD THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
WAS BLIND BUT NOW, I SEE
TO THE CROSS WHERE THOU HAST DIED TILL MY TROPHIES AT LAST I LAY DOWN
DRAW ME NEARER, NEARER, I WILL CLING TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
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BLESSED LORD AND EXCHANGE IT SOMEDAY FOR A CROWN
‘TWAS GRACE THAT TAUGHT MY HEART
TO THY PRECIOUS BLEEDING SIDE
TO FEAR
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AND GRACE, MY FEARS RELIEVED
II OH, THAT OLD RUGGED CROSS
HOW PRECIOUS DID THE GRACE APPEAR
CONSECRATE ME NOW TO THY SERVICE, SO DESPISED THY WORLD
THE HOUR I FIRST BELIEVED
LORD HAS A WONDROUS ATTRACTION FOR ME
BY THE POWER OF GRACE DIVINE FOR THE DEAR LAMB OF GOD
III
LET MY SOUL LOOK UP LEFT HIS GLORY ABOVE
THRO’ MANY DANGERS, TOILS AND SNARES
WITH A STEADFAST HOPE TO BEAR IT TO DARK CALVARY
I HAVE ALREADY COME
AND MY WILL BE LOST IN THINE
‘TIS GRACE HATH BRO’T ME SAFE THUS FAR,
III
AND GRACE WILL LEAD ME HOME
III IN THE OLD RUGGED CROSS,
OH THE PURE DELIGHT OF A SINGLE HOUR STAINED WITH BLOOD SO DIVINE
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THAT BEFORE THY THRONE I SPEND SUCH A WONDERFUL BEAUTY I SEE
WHEN WE’VE BEEN THERE
WHEN I KNEEL IN PRAYER, FOR ‘TWAS ON THAT OLD CROSS
TEN THOUSAND YEARS
AND WITH THEE MY GOD, JESUS SUFFERED AND DIED
BRIGHT SHINING AS THE SUN
I COMMUNE AS FRIEND WITH FRIEND TO PARDON AND SANCTIFY ME
WE’VE NO LESS DAYS
TO SING GOD’S PRAISE
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THAN WHEN WE FIRST BEGUN
THERE ARE DEPTHS OF LOVE THAT I CANNOT TO THE OLD RUGGED CROSS
KNOW I WILL EVER BE TRUE
TILL I CROSS THE NARROW SEA ITS SHAME AND REPROACH GLADLY BEAR
THERE ARE HEIGHTS OF JOY THEN HE’LL CALL ME SOMEDAY
THAT I MAY NOT REACH TO MY HOME FAR AWAY
TILL I REST IN PEACE WITH THEE WHERE HIS GLORY FOREVER I’LL SHARE
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THERE IS LAND THAT IS FAIRER THAN DAY
I ROCK OF AGES
THERE IS LAND
THAT IS FAIRER THAN DAY
AND BY FAITH WE CAN SEE IT AFAR
FOR THE FATHER WAITS
OVER THE WAY
TO PREPARE US A DWELLING PLACE THERE
CHORUS
IN THE SWEET BY AND BY
WE SHALL MEET
ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE
IN THE SWEET BY AND BY
WE SHALL MEET
ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE
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WE SHALL SING
ON THAT BEAUTIFUL SHORE
THE MELODIOUS SONGS
OF THE BLESSED
AND OUR SPIRITS SHALL
SORROW NO MORE
NOT A SIGH FOR THE BLESSING
OF REST
III
TO OUR BOUNTIFUL FATHER ABOVE
WE WILL OFFER OUR TRIBUTE OF PRAISE
FOR THE GLORIOUS GIFT OF HIS LOVE
AND THE BLESSINGS
THAT HALLOW OUR DAYS
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BLESSED ASSURANCE
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ROCK OF AGES CLEFT FOR ME
BLESSED ASSURANCE, JESUS IS MINE
LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE
OH, WHAT A FORETASTE OF GLORY DIVINE
LET THE WATER AND THE BLOOD
HEIR OF SALVATION, PURCHASE OF GOD
FROM THY WOUNDED SIDE
BORN OF HIS SPIRIT
WHICH FLOWED
WASHED IN HIS BLOOD
BE OF SIN THE DOUBLE CURE
SAVED FROM WRATH
CHORUS
AND MAKE ME PURE
THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG
PRAISING MY SAVIOUR ALL THE DAY LONG
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THIS IS MY STORY, THIS IS MY SONG
NOT THE LABORS OF MY HANDS
PRAISING MY SAVIOUR ALL THE DAY LONG
CAN FULFILL THE LAW’S DEMANDS
THESE FOR SIN COULD NOT ATONE
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THOU MUST SAVE AND THOU ALONE
PERFECT SUBMISSION, PERFECT DELIGHT
IN MY HAND NO PRICE I BRING
VISIONS OF RAPTURE
SIMPLY TO THY CROSS I CLING
NOW BURST ON MY SIGHT
ANGELS DESCENDING, BRING FROM ABOVE
III
ECHOES OF MERCY, WHISPERS OF LOVE
WHILE I DRAW THIS
FLEETING BREATH
III
WHEN MINE EYES
PERFECT SUBMISSION, ALL IS AT REST
SHALL CLOSE IN DEATH
I, IN MY SAVIUOR, AM HAPPY AND BLEST
WHEN I RISE TO WORLDS UNKNOWN
WATCHING AND WAITING, LOOKING ABOVE
AND BEHOLD THEE ON THY THRONE
FILLED WITH HIS GOODNESS
ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME
LOST IN HIS LOVE
LET ME HIDE MYSELF IN THEE