Text: | Jesus! Oh, How Could It Be True |
Author: | Joseph Grigg, c. 1722-68 |
Translator: | Benjamin Francis, 1734-99 |
Tune: | FEDERAL STREET |
Composer: | Henry K. Oliver, 1800-85 |
1 Jesus! Oh, how could it be true,
A mortal man ashamed of you?
Ashamed of you, whom angels praise,
Whose glories shine through endless days?
2 Ashamed of Jesus? Sooner far
Let evening blush to own a star.
He sheds the beams of light divine
On this benighted soul of mine.
3 Ashamed of Jesus? Just as soon
Let midnight be ashamed of noon.
There's midnight in my soul till he,
Bright Morning Star, bids darkness flee.
4 Ashamed of Jesus, that dear friend
On whom my hopes of heav'n depend?
No; when I blush, be this my shame,
That I no more revere his name.
5 Ashamed of Jesus? Yes, I may
When I've no guilt to wash away,
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fear to quell, no soul to save.
6 Till then--nor is my boasting vain--
Till then I boast a Savior slain;
And oh, may this my glory be,
That Christ is not ashamed of me!
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Jesus! Oh, how could it be true |
Title: | Jesus! Oh, How Could It Be True |
Author: | Joseph Grigg, c. 1722-68 |
Translator: | Benjamin Francis, 1734-99 (alt.) |
Meter: | LM |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1982 |
Topic: | Love and Obedience |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | FEDERAL STREET |
Composer: | Henry K. Oliver, 1800-85 |
Meter: | LM |
Key: | F Major |