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The Repenting Sinner.
Though my God I have offended,
Though I'm wretched, weak and blind
Yet the day of grace extended,
Proved Him merciful and kind.
Though I'm wretched, weak and blind
Yet the day of grace extended,
Proved Him merciful and kind.
Now may I, the chief offender,
'Gainst my holy God and King,
Thus behold His lordly splendor
When to Him I pray and sing.
'Gainst my holy God and King,
Thus behold His lordly splendor
When to Him I pray and sing.
Though I have my God offended,
Though my sins are fierce and wild,
Yet He has His wrath suspended,
He's my father, I'm his child.
Though my sins are fierce and wild,
Yet He has His wrath suspended,
He's my father, I'm his child.
Though I be the chief offender,
And my heart is cold and stern,
Yet the Saviour will be tender,
If to Him I look and turn.
And my heart is cold and stern,
Yet the Saviour will be tender,
If to Him I look and turn.
Though my God I have offended,
And my sins do grieve me sore,
Yet His love has far transcended
In the cross my Saviour bore.
And my sins do grieve me sore,
Yet His love has far transcended
In the cross my Saviour bore.
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If my sins my God can pardon,
If to me He's reconciled,
Though my heart I long have hardened,
He adopts me as a child.
If to me He's reconciled,
Though my heart I long have hardened,
He adopts me as a child.
Should the world then be offended,
While He is the sinners all?
For to each His love's extended—
Everyone that God doth call.
While He is the sinners all?
For to each His love's extended—
Everyone that God doth call.
April 20, 1877.
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