Glory to the Lamb

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A captive once was I, and in fetters lay

Author: James Rowe (1917)
Tune: [A captive once was I, and in fetters lay]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 A captive once was I, and in fetters lay,
Because I owed a debt I could never pay;
But thru the grace of Christ I am free today;
And now my soul will sing His praise.

Chorus:
All glory to the Lamb who was slain for me,
By whose precious blood I have liberty,
Thru everlasting days this my song shall be:
All praise and glory to the Lamb.

2 He saw my awful plight, saw my sin and shame;
He knew what it would cost, yet He freely came
To rescue me from death, glorify His name!
And so my soul will sing His praise. [Chorus]

3 To praove His love still more, Jesus left the tomb,
And now prepares for me an eternal home
To which, some happy day, He will bid me come;
And there my soul will sing His praise. [Chorus]

Source: Rose of Sharon Hymns #393

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Author: James Rowe

Pseudonym: James S. Apple. James Rowe was born in England in 1865. He served four years in the Government Survey Office, Dublin Ireland as a young man. He came to America in 1890 where he worked for ten years for the New York Central & Hudson R.R. Co., then served for twelve years as superintendent of the Mohawk and Hudson River Humane Society. He began writing songs and hymns about 1896 and was a prolific writer of gospel verse with more than 9,000 published hymns, poems, recitations, and other works. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	A captive once was I, and in fetters lay
Title:	Glory to the Lamb
Author:	James Rowe (1917)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	All glory to the Lamb who was slain for me
Copyright:	Public Domain