We found "efface" used in 20 sacred songs, each carrying a unique message of faith.
efface
...That life’s riches, cares and pleasures
Have no power Thee to efface.
This the superscription be:...
That life’s riches, cares and pleasures
Have no power Thee to efface.
This the superscription be:
...So that nothing, high or lowly,
Thy blest likeness can efface.
Let the clear inscription be:...
So that nothing, high or lowly,
Thy blest likeness can efface.
Let the clear inscription be:
...Nor time’s destroying sway,
Can e’er efface us from His heart,
Or make His love decay....
Nor time’s destroying sway,
Can e’er efface us from His heart,
Or make His love decay.
...Let that love veil our transgression;
Let that blood our guilt efface;
Save Thy people from oppression,...
Let that love veil our transgression;
Let that blood our guilt efface;
Save Thy people from oppression,
...Those wounds which all my sorrows heal,
Which all my sins efface.
Then shall I see in His own light,...
Those wounds which all my sorrows heal,
Which all my sins efface.
Then shall I see in His own light,
...And when the tempter comes, and would
God’s work in me efface,
Then to the Savior I will go...
And when the tempter comes, and would
God’s work in me efface,
Then to the Savior I will go
...Entreat for pardon from above;
That He may all our sins efface,
Adorn us with the gifts of grace,...
Entreat for pardon from above;
That He may all our sins efface,
Adorn us with the gifts of grace,
...To One who never changes;
Nor time, nor space can e’er efface,
His boundless love for me....
To One who never changes;
Nor time, nor space can e’er efface,
His boundless love for me.
...O let not this world’s scorching glow
Thy Spirit’s quickening dew efface,
Nor blast of sin to rudely blow,...
O let not this world’s scorching glow
Thy Spirit’s quickening dew efface,
Nor blast of sin to rudely blow,
...With penitential tears
The record of my sins efface,
That in Thy book appears:...
With penitential tears
The record of my sins efface,
That in Thy book appears:
...Why should He love me so?
Nothing withholding my sin to efface,
Why should He love me so?...
Why should He love me so?
Nothing withholding my sin to efface,
Why should He love me so?
...Why should He love me so?
Nothing withholding my sin to efface,
Why should He love me so?...
Why should He love me so?
Nothing withholding my sin to efface,
Why should He love me so?
...And pleasant pasture of the field;
Our spirit’s rankling wounds efface
With dewy freshness of Thy grace:...
And pleasant pasture of the field;
Our spirit’s rankling wounds efface
With dewy freshness of Thy grace:
...Nor time’s destroying sway
Can e’er efface us from His heart
Or make His love decay....
Nor time’s destroying sway
Can e’er efface us from His heart
Or make His love decay.
...The new creation shall restore,
And guilt efface its lines no more.
Hail! to His rising from afar,...
The new creation shall restore,
And guilt efface its lines no more.
Hail! to His rising from afar,
...My darkness vanish in Thy light,
Thy life my death efface.
In Thy bright beams which on me fall,...
My darkness vanish in Thy light,
Thy life my death efface.
In Thy bright beams which on me fall,
...O let the fullness of Thy grace
Each error of my life efface!
But Thy decrees, almighty Sire!...
O let the fullness of Thy grace
Each error of my life efface!
But Thy decrees, almighty Sire!
...Dost join us and our children in our weakness.
Thy light and grace our guilt efface,
Thy heavenly riches all our loss retrieving....
Dost join us and our children in our weakness.
Thy light and grace our guilt efface,
Thy heavenly riches all our loss retrieving.
...Let heart and voice together sing—
That name shall every ill efface.
Ah! Jesu, health of sinful men,...
Let heart and voice together sing—
That name shall every ill efface.
Ah! Jesu, health of sinful men,
...On the paths our feet are wending,
Footprints all will be effaced;
Present time to past is tending,...
On the paths our feet are wending,
Footprints all will be effaced;
Present time to past is tending,
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