Scripture Verse

The Son of Man is come to save that which was lost. Matthew 18:11

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Qui­ver of Sac­red Song, by John Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1880), num­ber 42.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Oh, the joy that fills my heart!
Oh, the grateful tears that start,
When I think of Je­sus’ love!
How He came that He might bear
All my weight of sin and care,
How He came from Heav’n above.

Refrain

Endless praise, endless praise
To the Lord my soul shall raise;
Lost but found, O happy strain!
Dead but now I live again.

Lost but found, oh, wondrous thought!
To His fold in mercy brought;
Saved by grace, His grace divine.
Heir with Him of bliss untold,
Soon His glo­ry I’ll behold,
What a blessèd hope is mine!

Refrain

Lost but found! I now can sing
Victory through my Sav­ior king,
Victory every day and hour;
Victory still will be my song
When I join the ransomed throng,
Victory o’er the tempter’s power.

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Oh that all the world would prove
How a pardoning God can love,
How He waits for all who come!
O that all the world might see
What His grace hath done for me!
How He welcomes wanderers home.

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