Look to Jesus

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O, dying souls, look up, and see

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [O, dying souls, look up, and see]
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Oh, dying souls, look up, and see
The glorious gospel remedy!
Jesus your Saviour crucified!
Look up, and see his wounded side!

Refrain:
Look to Jesus, look, and live!
Look to Jesus, he’ll forgive;
Perishing soul, he’ll make thee whole;
Look up, look up, and live.

2 The serpent’s sting his blood can cure!
His healing power unfailing, sure
Can save the most despairing case,—
So strong his love, so rich his grace! [Refrain]

3 Oh, many a poor sin-bitten soul
Has looked to him, and been made whole,
And many a hopeless one received
A cure, who on his name believed. [Refrain]

4 His loving heart to sinners turns,
And e’en t’ward guilty rebels yearns;—
He pities souls defiled by sin,
His mercy takes the vilest in. [Refrain]

Source: The Ark of Praise #58

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Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	O, dying souls, look up, and see
Title:	Look to Jesus
Author:	Mary D. James
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Look to Jesus, look and live
Copyright:	Public Domain