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Author: Haldor Lillenas Meter: Irregular Appears in 114 hymnals Topics: Saving Work of Christ Refrain First Line: Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus Lyrics: 1 Wonderful grace of Jesus, greater than all my sin; how shall my tongue describe it, where shall its praise begin? Taking away my burden, setting my spirit free; for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. [Refrain:] Wonderful the matchless grace of Jesus, deeper than the mighty rolling sea; higher than the mountain, sparkling like a fountain, all sufficient for even me; broader than the scope of my transgressions, greater far than all my sin and shame; O magnify the precious name of Jesus, praise his name! 2 Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching to all the lost, by it I have been pardoned, saved to the uttermost; chains have been torn asunder, giving me liberty, for the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. (Refrain) 3 Wonderful grace of Jesus, reaching the most defiled, by its transforming power making me God’s dear child, purchasing peace and heaven for all eternity-- and the wonderful grace of Jesus reaches me. (Refrain) Scripture: Acts 15:11 Used With Tune: WONDERFUL GRACE

Jesus, Thy Blood and Righteousness

Author: Nicolaus L. von Zinzendorf; John Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 503 hymnals Topics: Saving Work of Christ Lyrics: 1 Jesus, thy blood and righteousness my beauty are, my glorious dress; mid flaming worlds, in these arrayed, with joy shall I lift up my head. 2 Bold shall I stand in that great day, cleansed and redeemed, no debt to pay; for by thy cross absolved I am from sin and guilt, from fear and shame. 3 Lord, I believe thy precious blood, which at the mercy seat of God pleads for the captives' liberty, was also shed in love for me. 4 Lord, I believe were sinners more than sands upon the ocean shore, thou hast for all a ransom paid, for all a full atonement made. Scripture: Isaiah 61:10 Used With Tune: GERMANY

My Savior's Love

Author: Charles H. Gabriel Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 232 hymnals Topics: Saving Work of Christ First Line: I stand amazed in the presence Refrain First Line: How marvelous, how wonderful Lyrics: 1 I stand amazed in the presence of Jesus the Nazarene, and wonder how he could love me, a sinner, condemned, unclean. Refrain: How marvelous, how wonderful! and my song shall ever be: How marvelous, how wonderful is my Savior's love for me! 2 For me it was in the garden he prayed: "Not my will, but thine." He had no tears for his own griefs, but sweat drops of blood for mine. [Refrain] 3 He took my sins and my sorrows, he made them his very own; he bore the burden to Calvary, and suffered, and died alone. [Refrain] 4 When with the ransomed in glory his face I at last shall see, 'twill be my joy through the ages to sing of his love for me. [Refrain] Scripture: Isaiah 53:4 Used With Tune: MY SAVIOR'S LOVE

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JESUS SAVES

Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Appears in 389 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: William J. Kirkpatrick Topics: Saving Work of Christ Tune Key: G Major Incipit: 55151 23555 31255 Used With Text: Jesus Saves!

ASSURANCE

Meter: 9.10.9.9 with refrain Appears in 753 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Phoebe P. Knapp Topics: Saving Work of Christ Tune Key: D Major Incipit: 32155 45655 35177 Used With Text: Blessed Assurance, Jesus Is Mine

ARMAGEDDON

Meter: 6.5.6.5 D with refrain Appears in 247 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: C. Luise Reichardt; John Goss Topics: Saving Work of Christ Tune Key: B Flat Major Incipit: 55321 56611 55561 Used With Text: Who Is on the Lord's Side

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Jesus Saves!

Author: Priscilla J. Owens Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #728 (1990) Meter: 7.6.7.6.7.7.7.6 Topics: Saving Work of Christ First Line: We have heard the joyful sound Lyrics: 1 We have heard the joyful sound: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Spread the tidings all around: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Bear the news to every land, climb the steeps and cross the waves; Onward! ’tis our Lord’s command; Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 2 Waft it on the rolling tide: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Tell to sinners far and wide: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Sing, ye islands of the sea; echo back, ye ocean caves; earth shall keep her jubilee: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 3 Sing above the battle strife: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! By His death and endless life, Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Sing it softly through the gloom, when the heart for mercy craves; sing in triumph o’er the tomb: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! 4 Give the winds a mighty voice: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Let the nations now rejoice– Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Shout salvation full and free; highest hills and deepest caves; this our song of victory: Jesus saves! Jesus saves! Scripture: Psalm 96:2-3 Languages: English Tune Title: JESUS SAVES

One Race, One Gospel, One Task

Author: Margaret Clarkson Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #735 (1990) Meter: 14.14.4.7.8 Topics: Saving Work of Christ First Line: One is the race of mankind under sin's condemnation Lyrics: 1 One is the race of mankind under sin's condemnation, one is the gospel that frees us from death's domination; one is our task--sin, death and hell to unmask, showing God's way of salvation. 2 One is the Word that can speak to our fallen condition: Jesus alone can redeem us and give sin's remission. His saving name we must forever proclaim: only in Christ is salvation. 3 One is the task that our Lord to his Church has committed; his is the Spirit by whom for his work we are fitted. No more our own, we serve the Master alone-- Jesus, who won our salvation! 4 One is the hope of eternal rejoicing before us; one is the song we shall share in God's heavenly chorus: till that glad day let us Christ's mandate obey-- tell the whole world of salvation. Scripture: Acts 1:8 Languages: English Tune Title: LOBE DEN HERREN

I Will Sing of My Redeemer

Author: Philip P. Bliss Hymnal: The Worshiping Church #492 (1990) Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Topics: Saving Work of Christ Refrain First Line: Sing, O sing of my Redeemer Lyrics: 1 I will sing of my Redeemer and his wondrous love to me; on the cruel cross he suffered from the curse to set me free. [Refrain:] Sing, O sing of my Redeemer, with his blood he purchased me, on the cross he sealed my pardon, paid the debt, and made me free. 2 I will tell the wondrous story, how my lost estate to save, in his boundless love and mercy he the ransom freely gave. (Refrain) 3 I will praise my dear Redeemer his triumphant power I'll tell, how the victory he giveth over sin and death and hell. (Refrain) 4 I will sing of my Redeemer and his heavenly love for me; he from death to life hath brought me, Son of God, with him to be. (Refrain) Scripture: Acts 20:28 Languages: English Tune Title: HYFRYDOL

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Phoebe Palmer Knapp

1839 - 1908 Person Name: Phoebe P. Knapp Topics: Saving Work of Christ Composer of "ASSURANCE" in The Worshiping Church As a young girl Phoebe Palmer Knapp (b. New York, NY, 1839; d. Poland Springs, ME, 1908) displayed great musical talent; she composed and sang children’s song at an early age. The daughter of the Methodist evangelist Walter C. Palmer, she was married to John Fairfield Knapp at the age of sixteen. Her husband was a founder of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, and after his death, she shared her considerable inherited wealth with various charitable organizations. She composed over five hundred gospel songs, of which the tunes for “Blessed Assurance” and “Open the Gates of the Temple” are still popular today. Bert Polman

Thomas O. Chisholm

1866 - 1960 Topics: Saving Work of Christ Author of "Living for Jesus a Life That Is True" in The Worshiping Church Thomas O. Chisholm was born in Franklin, Kentucky in 1866. His boyhood was spent on a farm and in teaching district schools. He spent five years as editor of the local paper at Franklin. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 26 and soon after was business manager and office editor of the "Pentecostal Herald" of Louisville, Ky. In 1903 he entered the ministry of the M. E. Church South. His aim in writing was to incorporate as much Scripture as possible and to avoid flippant or sentimental themes. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) ============================== Signed letter from Chisholm dated 9 August 1953 located in the DNAH Archives.

John Bacchus Dykes

1823 - 1876 Person Name: John B. Dykes Topics: Saving Work of Christ Composer of "VOX DILECTI" in The Worshiping Church As a young child John Bacchus Dykes (b. Kingston-upon-Hull' England, 1823; d. Ticehurst, Sussex, England, 1876) took violin and piano lessons. At the age of ten he became the organist of St. John's in Hull, where his grandfather was vicar. After receiving a classics degree from St. Catherine College, Cambridge, England, he was ordained in the Church of England in 1847. In 1849 he became the precentor and choir director at Durham Cathedral, where he introduced reforms in the choir by insisting on consistent attendance, increasing rehearsals, and initiating music festivals. He served the parish of St. Oswald in Durham from 1862 until the year of his death. To the chagrin of his bishop, Dykes favored the high church practices associated with the Oxford Movement (choir robes, incense, and the like). A number of his three hundred hymn tunes are still respected as durable examples of Victorian hymnody. Most of his tunes were first published in Chope's Congregational Hymn and Tune Book (1857) and in early editions of the famous British hymnal, Hymns Ancient and Modern. Bert Polman

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