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Text:"All downward"
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:PRAYER
Composer:L. Marshall

256. "All downward"

1 Like sheep we went astray,
And broke the fold of God--
Each wandering in a different way,
But all the downward road.

2 How dreadful was the hour,
When God our wanderings laid,
And did at once his vengeance pour
Upon the Shepherd's head!

3 How glorious was the grace,
When Christ sustained the stroke!
His life and blood the Shepherd pays,
A ransom for the flock.

4 But God shall raise his head,
O'er all the sons of men,
And make him see a numerous seed,
To recompense his pain.

Text Information
First Line: Like sheep we went astray
Title: "All downward"
Author: Isaac Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture: ; ; ; ;
Topic: Atonement: Necessary; Christ: Agony of; Christ: Ransom (1 more...)
Tune Information
Name: PRAYER
Composer: L. Marshall
Meter: S. M.
Key: D Major



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