LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) extended
| | Writer(s): | Anne Steele
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1760
| | Bible Refs: | Job 19:25
| Believers Hymn Book
| 1981
| 71
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MUSIC
 Baptist Hymn Book
| 636
| D
| Believers Hymn Book
| 71
| D
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Alternate Tunes
| OLD 100TH | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.) | Genevan Psalter & Louis Bourgeois | | ROTHWELL | 8 8 8 8 8 | William Tans'ur |
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| 1. He lives—the great Redeemer lives;
What joy the blest assurance gives!
And now before His Father, God,
|: Pleads the full merit of His blood. :|
2. Repeated crimes awake our fears,
And justice armed with frowns appears,
But in the Savior’s lovely face
|: Sweet mercy smiles,
and all is peace. :|
3. Great Advocate, Almighty Friend!
On Thee do all our hopes depend:
Our cause can never, never fail,
|: For Thou dost plead,
and must prevail. :|
4. In every dark, distressing hour,
When sin and Satan join their power,
Let this blest truth repel each dart,
|: That Thou dost
bear us on Thy heart. :|
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