Just as I Am, O Can It Be

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Just as I am, O can it be

Author: Lizzie DeArmond
Tune: [Just as I am, O can it be]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Just as I am, O can it be,
That Christ, my Saviour, cares for me,
And in His love doth condescend,
Tho’ sinning oft, to call me friend.

Chorus:
Just as I am, O thought divine,
That I am His, and He is mine,
Just as I am, in tender love,
He lifts me up to heights above.

2 Just as I am, my need He knows,
And blessings rich on me bestows,
He reaches down a helping hand,
And strong in Him, secure I stand. [Chorus]

3 Just as I am, His saving grace,
Provides for me in heav’n a place,
That where He is, there I may be,
Throughout a long eternity. [Chorus]

Source: Kingdom Songs: for use in the Sunday School, the young people's meeting, the devotional service #153

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Author: Lizzie DeArmond

Lizzie De Armond was a prolific writer of children's hymns, recitations and exercises. When she was twelve years old her first poem was published in the Germantown, Pa. Telegraph, however, it was not until she was a widow with eight children to support that she started writing in earnest. She wrote articles, librettos, nature stories and other works, as well as hymns. 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:	Just as I am, O can it be
Title:	Just as I Am, O Can It Be
Author:	Lizzie DeArmond
Refrain First Line:	Just as I am, O thought
Copyright:	Public Domain