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Christ Receiveth Sinful Men

Representative Text

1 Sinners Jesus will receive:
Sound this word of grace to all
Who the heav'nly pathway leave,
All who linger, all who fall.

Chorus:
Sing it o'er (Sing it o'er again)
and o'er again:(Sing it o'er again:)
Christ receiveth (Christ receiveth sinful men)
sinful men. (Christ receiveth sinful men)
Make the message (Make the message clear and plain)
clear and plain: (Make the message clear and plain)
Christ receiveth sinful men.

2 Come, and He will give you rest;
Trust Him, for His word is plain;
He will take the sinfulest;
Christ receiveth sinful men. [Chorus]

3 Now my heart condemns me not,
Pure before the law I stand;
He who cleansed me from all spot
Satisfied its last demand. [Chorus]

4 Christ receiveth sinful men,
Even me with all my sin;
Purged from ev’ry spot and stain,
Heav’n with Him I enter in. [Chorus]

Source: Baptist Hymnal 2008 #471

Author: Erdmann Neumeister

Neumeister, Erdmann, son of Johann Neumeister, schoolmaster, organist, &c, at Uechteritz, near Weissenfels, was born at Uechteritz, May 12, 1671. He entered the University of Leipzig in 1689, graduated M.A. in 1695, and was then for some time University lecturer. In June 1697 he was appointed assistant pastor at Bibra, and in 1698 pastor there, and assistant superintendent of the Eckartsberg district. He was then, in 1704, called by Duke Johann Georg, to Weissenfels as tutor to his only daughter, and assistant court preacher, and shortly afterwards court preacher. After the death of this princess, Neumeister was invited by the Duke's sister (she had married Count Erdmann II. von Promnitz) to Sorau, where on New Year's Day, 1706, he entered… Go to person page >

Translator: Frances Bevan

Bevan, Emma Frances, née Shuttleworth, daughter of the Rev. Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, Warden of New Coll., Oxford, afterwards Bishop of Chichester, was born at Oxford, Sept. 25, 1827, and was married to Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, of the Lombard Street banking firm, in 1856. Mrs. Bevan published in 1858 a series of translations from the German as Songs of Eternal Life (Lond., Hamilton, Adams, & Co.), in a volume which, from its unusual size and comparative costliness, has received less attention than it deserves, for the trs. are decidedly above the average in merit. A number have come into common use, but almost always without her name, the best known being those noted under “O Gott, O Geist, O Licht dea Lebens," and "Jedes Herz will etwas… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Sinners Jesus will receive
Title: Christ Receiveth Sinful Men
German Title: Jesus nimmt die Sünder an
Author: Erdmann Neumeister (1718)
Translator: Frances Bevan (1858)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Sing it over and over again
Notes: Swahili translation: See "Yesu awakubali"
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

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Baptist Hymnal 1991 #563

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Baptist Hymnal 2008 #471

Church Gospel Songs and Hymns #36

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #324

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Hymns of Faith #340

Hymns of the Christian Life #540

New Songs of Inspiration (vol. one) #91

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Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #588

Praise y Adoración #124a

Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #843

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Rejoice Hymns #340

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Sacred Selections for the Church #643

Sacred Songs of the Church #148

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Small Church Music #363

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Small Church Music #647

Songs of Faith and Praise #935

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Soul-stirring Songs and Hymns (Rev. ed.) #258

The Christian Life Hymnal #345

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The Cyber Hymnal #836

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The Song Book of the Salvation Army #262

Worship His Majesty #479

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