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Grace! ’tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to the ear;
Heav’n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
Harmonious to the ear;
Heav’n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.
All sufficient grace!
Never powerless!
It is Christ who lives in me,
In His exhaustlessness.
Never powerless!
It is Christ who lives in me,
In His exhaustlessness.
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’Twas grace that wrote my name
In life’s eternal book;
’Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
Who all my sorrows took.
In life’s eternal book;
’Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
Who all my sorrows took.
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Grace taught my wandering feet
To tread the pilgrim road;
And new supplies each hour I meet
While pressing on to God.
To tread the pilgrim road;
And new supplies each hour I meet
While pressing on to God.
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Grace taught my heart to pray,
And made my eyes o’erflow;
’Tis grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.
And made my eyes o’erflow;
’Tis grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.
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Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in love the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
Through everlasting days;
It lays in love the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.
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Oh, let that grace inspire
My heart with strength divine;
May all my powers to Thee aspire,
And all my days be Thine.
My heart with strength divine;
May all my powers to Thee aspire,
And all my days be Thine.
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Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria
Refreshing and Overwhelming. The gate of hell shall not prevail against the Church of God, Halleluyah!!!
I love my Father. God is my best Father!
Lagos, Nigeria
What a refreshing and reassuring theme of GRACE.
Yerevan, Armenia
Grace! Charming sound!
Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
What a wonderful reminder of where our Salvation comes from! Thanks to my father on earth for sending me, on my birthday, this beautiful song of my Father in heaven!!
London, England, United Kingdom
Thank You Jesus for Your Grace that taught me to pray. Thank You Jesus for taking away my sorrows. Praise the Lord oh my soul!!! Thanks for uploading this song and God bless you all. Shalom!
Berlin, Germany
An unforgetable song sang often by the pioneer choir of Anglican chapel of redemption EBSU. So inspiring!
Lagos, Nigeria
Grace and grace only. this song made me remember my late father and friend those days when we used to have family alter singing from the Christ Apostolic Church Hymn book. may your soul rest in peace my father and friend, we shall see at the bosom of the most high where we shall part no more. I love and miss you so much Daddy. this song you always sing with us when things was going rough, your lessons still abide with me and I live in them day and night.
Detroit, MI, United States
Philip Doddridge was a gifted student, but he turned down a scholarship to train for ministry in the Church of England. He chose instead to side with the Dissenters, the Nonconformists who emphasized personal commitment to Christ over institutional loyalty. He went to a Dissenter college, and later he pastored a Congregational church. He wrote about 370 hymns, never seeing any of them published in his lifetime. - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton
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Additional 2nd stanza by Doddridge:
Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.
Surulere, Lagos, Nigeria
This song just came up to my mind this morning as I got to the office. My heart was filled with some burden and I just needed to listen to an hymn that will help me. Thank You Jesus for this Great grace it has seen me through till now. May God bless the writer of this hymn. The song is as soothing as Grace itself.