Great Redeemer, Friend of Sinners

Great Re­deem­er

friend of sin­ners

Thou hast won­drous pow­er to save;

Grant me grace

and still pro­tect me

Over life’s tem­pes­tu­ous wave:

May my soul with sac­red trans­port

View the dawn while yet afar

And un­til the sun aris­es

Lead me by the morn­ing star.

O! what mad­ness! O! what fol­ly

That my heart should go as­tray;

After vain and fool­ish tri­fles

Trifles on­ly of a day:

This vain world with all its plea­sures

Very soon will be no more;

There’s no ob­ject worth ad­mir­ing

But the God whom we ad­ore.

See the hap­py spir­its wait­ing

On the banks be­yond the stream

Sweet re­spond­ers still re­peat­ing

Jesus

Je­sus is their theme:

Hark! they whis­per

lo! they call me

Sister spir­it

come away;

Lo! I come

earth can’t con­tain me

Hail the realms of end­less day.

Swiftly roll

ye lin­ger­ing hours

Seraphs

lend your glit­ter­ing wings;

Love ab­sorbs my ran­som pow­ers

Heavenly song around me rings

Worlds of light and crowns of glo­ry

Far ab­ove yon az­ure sky

Only now by faith I see you;

Soon I hope to dwell on high.