LYRICS
| Meter: | 7 7 7 7
| | Writer(s): | Samuel Johnson
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1864
| | Bible Refs: | Jn 8:58
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 1962
| 630
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 908
| Songs of Praise
| 1925
| 290
| Songs of Praise, Enlarged Edition
| 1931
| 559
| The Hymnal 1940
| 1940
| 373
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MUSIC
 Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 329
| A
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 630
| Ab
| Hymns of Faith
| 646
| Ab
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 748
| Ab
| Believers Hymn Book
| 54
| Ab
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 289
| G
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Alternate Tunes
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| 1. Life of ages, richly poured,
Love of God, unspent and free,
Flowing in the prophet’s word,
And the people’s liberty.
2. Never was to chosen race
That unstinted tide confined
Thine is every time and place,
Fountain sweet of heart and mind.
3. Breathing in the thinker’s creed,
Pulsing in the hero’s blood,
Nerving noblest thought and deed,
Fresh’ning time with truth and good.
4. Consecrating art and song,
Holy book and pilgrim way,
Quelling strife and tyrant wrong,
Widening freedom’s sacred sway.
5. Life of ages, richly poured,
Love of God, unspent and free,
Flowing in the prophet’s word,
And the people’s liberty.
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