12798. I Heard A Voice The Sweetest

1 I heard a voice, the sweetest voice
That ever mortal heard;
O how it made my heart rejoice,
And every feeling stirred!
’Twas Jesus spoke to me so mild;
He called me to His side,
And said, although with heart defiled,
I might in Him confide.

2 I saw His face, the fairest face
That ever mortal saw;
I longed the Savior to embrace,
From Him new life to draw.
"Come unto Me," He kindly said,
"And I will give thee rest;
The ransom-price I fully paid;
Repent! believe! be blest!"

3 I felt His love, the strongest love
That mortal ever felt;
O, how it drew my soul above,
And made my hard heart melt!
My burden at His feet I laid,
And knew the joy of Heaven,
As in my willing ear He said
The blessèd word, "Forgiv’n!"

Text Information
First Line: I heard a voice, the sweetest voice
Title: I Heard A Voice The Sweetest
Author: Peter H. Stryker
Meter: CMD
Language: English
Source: American Sunday School Hymn Book, new edition (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Sunday School Union, 1860)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: TRÉSOR
Composer: Samuel Morrison
Meter: CMD
Key: B♭ Major
Source: Carmina Centum (Boston: J. M. Russell, 1882)
Copyright: Public Domain



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