詩歌： Years I spent in sorrow ’round the cross

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Years I spent in sorrow ’round the cross,
Still repenting over sins and dross.
Then at last the river I did cross,
To touch the throne.

Mercy now is flowing, oh, the grace—
That I find of Him to run the race!
Boldly now I come again to taste
My glorious Lord.

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In my Christian life I’d daily fall,
So I answered every altar-call,
Till I left the altar, left it all,
To touch the throne.

Mercy now is flowing, oh, the grace—
That I find of Him to run the race!
Boldly now I come again to taste
My glorious Lord.

3

Brothers, to the Holiest forward come;
Leave your sins behind, the race now run.
Hallelujah! All the work is done—
The veil is gone!

Mercy now is flowing, oh, the grace—
That I find of Him to run the race!
Boldly now I come again to taste
My glorious Lord.

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Now within the veil, enjoying God,
Manna, law of life, and budding rod;
Christ Himself, the ark, is our abode—
Hallelujah!

Mercy now is flowing, oh, the grace—
That I find of Him to run the race!
Boldly now I come again to taste
My glorious Lord.

Years I spent in sorrow ’round the cross