Salvation to the Lamb

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Poor sinner, come, cast off thy fear

Author: J. Hart (1762)
Published in 4 hymnals

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1 Poor sinner, come, cast off thy fear,
And raise thy drooping head;
Come, sing with all poor sinners here,
Jesus, who once was dead.

2 Salvation sing, no word more meet
To join to Jesus’ name;
Let every thankful tongue repeat,
“Salvation to the Lamb.”

3 Saints, from the garden to the cross,
Your conquering Lord pursue,
Who, dearly to redeem your loss,
Groaned, bled, and died for you.

4 Now reigns victorious over death
The glorious great I AM;
Let every soul repeat with faith,
“Salvation to the Lamb.”

5 When we incurred the wrath of God –
Alas! what could we worse?
He came, and, with his own heart’s blood,
Redeemed us from the curse.

6 This paschal Lamb, our heavenly meat,
Was roasted in the flame;
Repeat, ye ransomed souls, repeat,
“Salvation to the Lamb.”

Source: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #861

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Author: J. Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

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