Was it For Me?

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O can it be, O can it be

Author: Harriet E. Jones
Tune: [O can it be, O can it be]
Published in 1 hymnal

Audio files: MIDI

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1 O can it be, O can it be,
My sins have nailed Thee on the tree?
And didst Thou groan and die for me?
O Lamb of God, what Love, what Love!

Refrain:
Was it for me, O Son of God,
That riven side, that crimson flood?
Was it for me, that cleansing blood?
O Lamb of God, what Love, what Love!

2 Was it for me, that weary sigh?
Was it for me, that dying cry
That rent the rocks and veild the sky?
O Lamb of God, what Love, what Love! [Refrain]

3 Low in the dust I bow to Thee,
While viewing all Thy agony
That I Thy ransomed child might be,
O Lamb of God! O Lamb of God! [Refrain]

Source: The Glad Refrain for the Sunday School: a new collection of songs for worship #45

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Author: Harriet E. Jones

Harriet E. Rice Jones, 1823-1915 Born: April 18, 1823, Pompey Hollow, Onondaga County, New York. Died: 1915, Binghamton, New York. Buried: Oran Community Church Cemetery, Pompey, Onondaga County, New York. Daughter of Eleazer Rice, Jones lived in Onondaga County, New York. Her girlhood was spent on a farm, receiving what education the country schools and one term at high school could provide. She was always fond of reading, and was a great singer, with a clear ringing voice. On July 7, 1844, she married a son of Rev. Zenas Jones; her husband died in 1879. Her song writing career began when her poetry came to the attention of Dr. M. J. Mun… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O can it be, O can it be
Title:	Was it For Me?
Author:	Harriet E. Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Was it for me, O Son of God
Copyright:	Public Domain