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Text:When the Lord Reached for Me
Author:Nellie Pate
Author:Mary Evelyn Pate
Tune:[Once a sinner lost and by storm winds tossed]
Composer:Nellie Pate
Composer:Mary Evelyn Pate

21. When the Lord Reached for Me

Text Information
First Line: Once a sinner lost and by storm winds tossed
Title: When the Lord Reached for Me
Author: Nellie Pate (1949)
Author: Mary Evelyn Pate
Refrain First Line: When the Lord reached His hand for me
Language: English
Publication Date: 1949
Copyright: © 1949, by The Hartford Music Co. in "Amazing Grace"
Tune Information
Name: [Once a sinner lost and by storm winds tossed]
Composer: Nellie Pate (1949)
Composer: Mary Evelyn Pate
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: © 1949, by The Hartford Music Co. in "Amazing Grace"



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