Infinite Indebtedness

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Great God, let all thy tuneful pow'r
Awake and sing Thy praise.
I'll sing God's praise thro' endless days
And live forevermore.

Behold the love the Savior showed
When He died upon the cross for sinners,
And whosoever will believe on Jesus' word
Shall live and sing His praise above,
Thro' endless days to come,
In heav'n above,
Where all is love,
To live forever more.

Behold the love the Savior showed
When He died upon the cross for sinners,
And whosoever will believe on Jesus' word
Shall live and sing His praise above,
Thro' endless days to come,
In heav'n above,
Where all is love,
To live forever more.

Source: The Sacred Harp: the best collection of sacred songs, hymns, odes, and anthems ever offered the singing public for general use (1991 rev.) #426b

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Author: Ottiwell Heginbotham

Heginbothom, Ottiwell, born in 1744, and died in 1768, was for a short time the Minister of a Nonconformist congregation at Sudbury, Suffolk. The political and religious disputes which agitated the congregation, in the origin of which he had no part, and which resulted in a secession and the erection of another chapel, so preyed upon his mind, and affected his health, that his pastorate terminated with his death within three years of his appointment. His earliest hymn, "When sickness shakes the languid corse [frame]," was printed in the Christian Magazine, Feb. 1763. In 1791 the Rev. John Mead Ray communicated several of Heginbothom's hymns to the Protestant Magazine; and in the same year, these and others to the number of 25, were publishe… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Great God, let all our tuneful powers
Title:	Infinite Indebtedness
Author:	Ottiwell Heginbotham
Meter:	8.8.8.8
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain