A Messenger for Christ

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When I was lost in sin, God's spirit entered in

Author: Nellie Place Chandler
Tune: [When I was lost in sin, God’s spirit entered in]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 When I was lost in sin, God’s spirit entered in
And plead, by grace divine, my wayward soul to win;
‘Twas there I gave my all in answer to His call,
And I became a messenger for Him.

Refrain:
A messenger for Christ, my King!
I’ll tell a world in darkness and in sin,
That Jesus died to save,
His life for us He gave,—
Oh, I will be a messenger for Him.

2 “The story old, yet new, Lord, just I tell it, too—
Is there no other work for Thee that I can do?”
“Lo! some will never know, unless to them YOU go!”
Then I became a messenger for Him. [Refrain]

3 Lord, make me ever bold! The story must be told!
Help me to spread abroad, wherever I may go,
The knowledge of Thy pow’r that saves each day and hour.
Oh, I would be a messenger for Him. [Refrain]

Source: Williston Hymns #174

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Author: Nellie Place Chandler

Nellie Place Chandler began playing the organ in church and Sunday school when she was twelve, she spent time as chorister, organist and choir director. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	When I was lost in sin, God's spirit entered in
Title:	A Messenger for Christ
Author:	Nellie Place Chandler
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	A messenger for Christ, my King
Publication Date:	1917
Copyright:	Public Domain