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Hymn: I saw the cross of Jesus (FL)

Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book

Date: 1882

Compiler: Fillmore Brothers

Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers

First Line: I saw the cross of Jesus

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: Unknown Unknown

Composer: G Webb

Meter: 7s and 6s double

Tune: Webb

Hymn Number: 610

Page Number: 230, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

I SAW the cross of Jesus,

When burdened with my sin;

I sought the cross of Jesus,

To give me peace within;

I brought my soul to Jesus,

He cleansed it in his blood;

And in the cross of Jesus,

I found my peace with God.



Sweet is the cross of Jesus!

There let my weary heart

Still rest in peace unshaken,

Till with him, ne'er to part;

And then in strains of glory

I'll sing his wondrous power,

Where sin can never enter,

And death is known no more.