Jesus, I come to Thee, A sinner doomed to die

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Jesus, I come to Thee, A sinner doomed to die

Author: Nathan S. S. Beman
Tune: POTSDAM
Published in 42 hymnals

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1 Jesus! I come to Thee,
A sinner doomed to die;
My only refuge is Thy cross—
Here at Thy feet I lie.

2 Can mercy reach my case,
And all my sins remove?
Break, O my God! this heart of stone,
And melt it by Thy love.

3 Too long my soul has gone,
Far from my God, astray;
I’ve sported on the brink of hell,
In sin’s delusive way.

4 But, Lord! my heart is fixed—
I hope in Thee alone;
Break off the chains of sin and death,
And bind me to Thy throne.

5 Thy blood can cleanse my heart,
Thy hand can wipe my tears—
Oh! send Thy blessèd Spirit down,
To banish all my fears.

6 Then shall my soul arise,
From sin and Satan free;
Redeemed from hell and every foe,
I’ll trust alone in Thee.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16783

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Author: Nathan S. S. Beman

Beman, Nathan Sidney Smith, D.D., was born at Canaan, Columbia Co., N. Y., Nov. 27, 1785; and graduated at Middleburg College, Vermont, 1807. He was a Congregational Pastor at Portland, Maine, 1810-12; Minister in Georgia, 1812-22; and Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, Troy, N. Y., 1823-63. He died at Carbondale, Illinois, Aug. 8, 1871. He edited Sacred Lyrics, Troy, 1832, and an enlarged collection under the same title, 1841. The latter was adopted by the New School Presbyterian General Assembly as the Church Psalmist, 1847. Dr. Beman is known in hymnody mainly through his three hymns which are in common use:— 1. Jesus, we bow before Thy throne. Missions. This appeared in Dr. Hastings's Spiritual Songs, 1831, No. 174, in 4… Go to person page >

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