This I Know

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I cannot tell you how my Savior saves

Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris
Tune: [I cannot tell you how my Savior saves]
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1 I cannot tell you how my Saviour saves
And whiter makes me than the snow,
Nor how nor why He all my sins forgives,
But He has done it, this I know.

Chorus:
O praise His name, for this I know,
He whiter makes me than the snow;
And though I cannot tell you how nor why,
He fully saves me, this I know.

2 I cannot tell you how the work was wrought
Which took away my heart of stone
And gave me in its stead a heart of flesh,
But this I know, the work is done. [Chorus]

3 I cannot tell you how His wondrous touch
Should sight and healing bring to me,
But this I know, whereas I once was blind,
The scales hare fallen, now I see. [Chorus]

4 I cannot tell you why the King of kings
Should care for one so weak as I,
Yet this I know, that He doth now prepare
For me, a mansion in the sky. [Chorus]

Source: Devotional Songs #102

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Author: Mrs. C. H. Morris

Lelia (Mrs. C.H.) Morris (1862-1929) was born in Pennsville, Morgan County, Ohio. When her family moved to Malta on the Muskingum River she and her sister and mother had a millinery shop in McConnelsville. She and her husband Charles H. Morris were active in the Methodist Episcopal Church and at the camp meetings in Sebring and Mt. Vernon. She wrote hymns as she did her housework. Although she became blind at age 52 she continued to write hymns on a 28-foot long blackboard that her family had built for her. She is said to have written 1000 texts and many tunes including "Sweeter as the years go by." Mary Louise VanDyke Go to person page >

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First Line:	I cannot tell you how my Savior saves
Title:	This I Know
Author:	Mrs. C. H. Morris
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O praise His name, for this I know
Copyright:	Public Domain