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Text:O Holy Savior!
Author:Charlotte Elliot, 1789-1871
Tune:HOLY SAVIOR
Arranger:Robert Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943
Composer:Ulysses Elam

353. O Holy Savior!

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1 O Holy Savior! Friend unseen,
Since on thine arm thou bid'st me lean,
Help me, throughout life's changing scene,
By faith to cling to thee!

2 What though the world deceitful prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove?
With patient, uncomplaining love
Still I would cling to thee.

3 Though faith and hope awhile be tried,
I ask not, need not aught beside:
How safe, how calm, how satisfied,
The souls that cling to thee.

Text Information
First Line: O holy Savior! Friend unseen
Title: O Holy Savior!
Author: Charlotte Elliot, 1789-1871
Meter: 888 6
Language: English
Publication Date: 2012
Topic: Comfort; Faith; Faith in Jesus Christ (6 more...)
Tune Information
Name: HOLY SAVIOR
Composer: Ulysses Elam
Arranger: Robert Nathaniel Dett, 1882-1943
Meter: 888 6
Key: E Major
Copyright: arr. © 1936, (renewed), Paul A. Schmitt Music Co., c/o Belwin-Mills Publishing Corp.



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