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Text:There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author:Cecil Frances Alexander
Tune:HORSLEY
Composer:William Horsley

306. There Is a Green Hill Far Away

1 There is a green hill far away
outside a city wall,
where the dear Lord was crucified
who died to save us all.

2 We may not know, we cannot tell
what pains he had to bear,
but we believe it was for us
he hung and suffered there.

3 There was no other good enough
to pay the price of sin;
he only could unlock the gate
of heav'n and let us in.

4 O dearly, dearly has he loved,
and we must love him too,
and trust in his redeeming power,
and try his works to do.

Text Information
First Line: There is a green hill far away
Title: There Is a Green Hill Far Away
Author: Cecil Frances Alexander (1848, alt.)
Meter: CM
Language: English
Publication Date: 1985
Scripture: ; ; ;
Topic: Jesus Christ: Passion and Cross
Tune Information
Name: HORSLEY
Composer: William Horsley (1830)
Meter: CM
Key: D Major



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