LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Medley
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| | Dates: | 1782
| | Bible Refs: | Is 63:7
| Baptist Hymnal
| 1956
| 26
| Hymns of Faith
| 1964
| 44
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MUSIC
| Name: | HEBRON
| | Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Lowell Mason
| | Dates: | 1830
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Awake, my soul, to joyful lays
And sing Thy great Redeemer's praise.
He justly claims a song from me,
His loving-kindness, oh, how free!
2. He saw me ruined in the Fall,
Yet loved me notwithstanding all.
He saved me from my lost estate,
His loving-kindness, oh, how great!
3. When I was Satan's easy prey
And deep in debt and bondage lay,
He paid His life for my discharge,
His loving-kindness, oh, how large.
4. Through mighty hosts of cruel foes,
Where earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along,
His loving-kindness, oh, how strong!
5. When trouble, like a gloomy cloud,
Has gathered thick and thundered loud,
He near my soul has always stood,
His loving-kindness, oh, how near!
6. When earthly friends forsake me quite
And I have neither skill now might,
He's sure my Helper to appear,
His loving-kindness, oh, near!
7. Too oft I feel my sinful heart
Prone from my Jesus to depart;
But through I have Him oft forgot,
His loving-kindness changes not.
8. When I shall pass death's gloomy vale
And all my mortal power must fail,
Oh, may my last, expiring breath
His loving-kindness sing in death!
9. Then shall I mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day
And sing with rapture and surprise
His loving-kindness in the skies.
10. And now earth's rightful King has come,
To take his ransomed people home;
I'll sing upon that blissful shore:
His loving kindness evermore.
11. **alt verses
12. Though numerous hosts of mighty foes,
Though earth and hell my way oppose,
He safely leads my soul along -
His lovingkindness, O how strong!
13. Then let me mount and soar away
To the bright world of endless day;
And sing with raptures and surprise,
His lovingkindness in the skies.
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