Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: O Jesus who can tell his love
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: 314
Page Number: 342, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO Jesus! Who can tell his love?
To earth he comes from heaven above,
His tender heart beholds our race,
Sold under sin, devoid of grace.
To show us God, he lives and dies,
An offering and a sacrifice;
Sinners behold him on the tree;
Thence virtue flows to set them free.
When in my blood I heard him call,
Receive my grace, 'tis free for all,
Turn now, behold my life I give!
A ransom, that your soul may live.
Look unto me, be sav'd from sin;
How dare I look, vile and unclean?
My sins are great, my thoughts are vain,
O! how shall I a pardon gain?
You're poor, he says, what can you give?
If you were rich, I can't receive;
All things are mine, I freely give,
Dear sinner only look and live.
Your sin I hate, your souls I love,
My faithfulness and mercy prove,
Receive my grace, no more delay,
Now is the time, O come away.
My heart is won by love so free,
My sins are gone! Where can they be?
Such grace, such mercy, and such bliss,
A thousand tongues cannot express.