Remembrance of God

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1. Remember this, poor mortal slave,
What shall I to you say:
Your mortal body is the Lord's;
Give glory to his name.

2. The God of glory does come down,
To save your earthly soul;
Poor mortal slaves receive the crown,
Which Christ has won in full.

3. His own soft hand shall wipe the tears
From all your weeping eyes;
Your pains and griefs, and groans, and fears,
And death itself shall die.

4. How long, dear Savior, oh how long
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swifter round, you wheels of time,
And bring the welcome day.

5. I thank my God, my Advocate,
That undertook my cause,
Made slaves the partners of his throne,
Although they all were lost.

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship (African American Edition) #50b

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Author: John Jea

John Jea (b 1773, Old Calabar, Nigeria | d after 1817), son of Margaret and Hambleton Robert Jea, was captured into slavery at age 2 and sold to the family of Oliver and Angelika Tiehuen near New York City, members of the Dutch Reformed Church. He was emancipated in 1789 owing to the fear of his self-described miraculous literacy spreading to other slaves. He married Elizabeth, a former Native American slave, who was mentally unstable and killed their only child. He developed an itinerant preaching ministry under the banner of Methodism in the U.S. and Europe. His second wife died while he was away on a tour, and his third marriage was similarly short-lived. He then married Jemima Davis (1816), and their daughter Hephzabah was baptized at a… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Remember this, poor mortal slave
Title:	Remembrance of God
Author:	John Jea (1816)
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	A Collection of Hymns compiled and selected by John Jea, African preacher of the gospel (Portsea: J. Williams, 1816)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain