And can it be that I should gain,

An interest in the Savior’s blood?

Died He for me who caused His pain,

For me, who Him to death pursued.

Amazing love! How can it be?

That, Thou, my God, shouldst die for me?

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Amazing love! How can it be?

That, Thou, my God, shouldst die for me!

At earth’s foundation Jesus died,

How wonderful, His matchless grace!

Emptied Himself, how great His love,

And bled for all His chosen race.

‘Tis mercy all immense and free;

for, O, my God, it has found me!

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Long my imprisoned spirit lay,

Fast bound in sin and nature’s night;

Thine eye diffused a quickening ray;

I woke, the dungeon flamed with light;

My chains fell off, my heart was free,

I rose, went forth, and followed Thee.

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No condemnation now I dread;

Jesus, and all in Him, is mine!

Alive in Him, my living Head,

and clothed in righteousness divine.

Bold, I approach the eternal throne,

I shall, receive the crown,

through Christ my own.

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