Scripture Verse

God and our Father, to whom be glory for ever. Galatians 1:4–5

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cro­sby, in Bright­est and Best, by How­ard Doane & Ro­bert Low­ry (Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: Big­low & Main, 1875), num­ber 118.

Music: W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

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W. Howard Doane (1832–1915)

Lyrics

To God be the glo­ry,
Great things He has done;
So loved He the world
That He gave us His Son,
Who yield­ed His life
An atone­ment for sin,
And op­ened the life gate
That all may go in.

Refrain

Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the earth hear His voice!
Praise the Lord, praise the Lord,
Let the people re­joice!
O come to the Fa­ther,
Through Je­sus the Son,
And give Him the glo­ry,
Great things He has done.

O per­fect re­demp­tion,
The pur­chase of blood,
To ev­ery be­liev­er
The pro­mise of God;
The vil­est of­fend­er
Who tru­ly be­lieves,
That mo­ment from Je­sus
A par­don re­ceives.

Refrain

Great things He has taught us,
Great things He has done,
And great our re­joic­ing
Through Je­sus the Son;
But pur­er, and high­er,
And great­er will be
Our won­der, our trans­port,
When Je­sus we see.

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