The phrase "I saw" resonates through 13 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
I saw
...That hour I spent with Thee;
When there I saw Thy bloody sweat
In dark Gethsemane....
That hour I spent with Thee;
When there I saw Thy bloody sweat
In dark Gethsemane.
...In looking through my tears one day,
I saw Mount Calvary;
Beneath the cross there flowed a stream...
In looking through my tears one day,
I saw Mount Calvary;
Beneath the cross there flowed a stream
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I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood,...
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I saw One hanging on a tree,
In agony and blood,
...Mine eyes have seen their tears;
But I saw those shadows flee,
And the shining light I see,...
Mine eyes have seen their tears;
But I saw those shadows flee,
And the shining light I see,
...Of many waters, many waters.
And when I saw Him,
I fell, I fell at His feet as dead;...
Of many waters, many waters.
And when I saw Him,
I fell, I fell at His feet as dead;
...I might in Him confide.
I saw His face, the fairest face
That ever mortal saw;...
I might in Him confide.
I saw His face, the fairest face
That ever mortal saw;
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I saw a blood washed pilgrim,
A sinner saved by grace,...
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I saw a blood washed pilgrim,
A sinner saved by grace,
...Of the beautiful murm’ring sea;
I saw the great crowds as they thronged the way
Of the Stranger of Galilee;...
Of the beautiful murm’ring sea;
I saw the great crowds as they thronged the way
Of the Stranger of Galilee;
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And I saw the holy city,
New Jerusalem,...
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And I saw the holy city,
New Jerusalem,
...Oh! the strangest shame,
That I saw no beauty
In that sacred Name....
Oh! the strangest shame,
That I saw no beauty
In that sacred Name.
...Those sable clouds would lift.
I saw her face in death grow cold,
I saw it laid away;...
Those sable clouds would lift.
I saw her face in death grow cold,
I saw it laid away;
...Those sable clouds would lift.
I saw her face in death grow cold,
I saw it laid away;...
Those sable clouds would lift.
I saw her face in death grow cold,
I saw it laid away;
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Late at night I saw the Shepherd
Toiling slow along the hill,...
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Late at night I saw the Shepherd
Toiling slow along the hill,
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