Scripture Verse

By grace ye are saved. Ephesians 2:5

Introduction

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Victor H. Benke (1872–1904)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Songs of Ser­vice and Praise, by Ed­win W. Rice (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: Un­ion Press, 1904).

Music: An­chor­age Vic­tor H. Ben­ke (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Lyrics

Wake thou, my harp, O Migh­ty Love,
That fills the bound­less realm above!
Sweep thou, my strings, for I would sing
Redeeming grace thro’ Christ my king.

Refrain

Redeeming grace, re­deem­ing grace,
That gives my soul a rest­ing place;
I’ll sing, while time rolls on apace,
Redeeming grace, re­deem­ing grace.

Thou great First Cause of mor­tal good,
Whose throne thro’ end­less years has stood,
Instruct my fee­ble voice to sing
Redeeming grace thro’ Christ my king.

Refrain

The spark has kin­dled to a flame;
My soul, re­joic­ing in Thy name,
Bids all with­in me join and sing
Redeeming grace thro’ Christ my king.

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And when my spi­rit flees away
From all that cheers life’s fleet­ing day,
With saints around Thy throne I’ll sing
Redeeming grace thro’ Christ my king.

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