How Great the Mercy

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How great the mercy of our King!

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: [How great the mercy of our King]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 How great the mercy of our King!
How slow avenging wrath!
He strives with patient love to bring
Our hearts to wisdom's path.

Refrain:
What wondrous mercy doth He show
To worthless rebels here below!
He pardons and His Spirit gives
And thus redeemed, the sinner lives.

2 Altho' we ne'er appreciate
For years and years His love,
In mercy long He oft doth wait
That grace our souls may move. [Refrain]

3 So great the mercy was of God,
His only Son He gave,
Who bowed beneath th'avenging rod
The souls of men to save. [Refrain]

4 Behold the cross of Calvary,
Behold the bleeding Lamb;
He died, O sinner, died for thee
In agony and shame. [Refrain]

5 His goodness toward thee is sent,
Not to endorse thy way,
But just to lead thee to repent,
Ere comes thy dying day. [Refrain]

Source: His Fullness Songs #358

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	How great the mercy of our King!
Title:	How Great the Mercy
Author:	Charles Price Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	What wondrous mercy doth He show
Copyright:	Public Domain