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He Tenderly Looked at Me

Representative Text

1 When Jesus alone was standing,
By all His friends forgot,
And Peter, near by, denying,
Saying, "I know Him not,"
'Twas then he saw the Savior
Look at him tenderly;
And then, rememb'ring the saying,
Went and wept bitterly.

Refrain:
He tenderly looked at me,
He tenderly looked at me,
He drew me graciously to Him,
When He tenderly looked at me.

2 When drifting away in darkness,
Lost in the blackest night,
Out on the sea of sorrow,
Far from the Blessed Light,
I heard a sweet voice calling,
Calling from o'er the sea,
And then I saw my Savior,
Tenderly look at me. [Refrain]

3 They took my blessed Savior
Out to the mountain side,
And nailed Him there to the cross-tree,
Jesus, the Crucified.
And when I saw my Savior,
Dying on Calvary,
He drew me graciously to Him,
By His kind look at me. [Refrain]

Source: Favorites Number 3: A Collection of Gospel Songs #27

Author: F. F. Dawdy

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Text Information

First Line: When Jesus alone was standing
Title: He Tenderly Looked at Me
Author: F. F. Dawdy (1908)
Language: English
Refrain First Line: He tenderly looked at me
Publication Date: 1908
Copyright: Public Domain

Timeline

Instances in all hymnals

Instances (1 - 17 of 17)
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Bethany Hymns #70

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Christian Joy #68

Enduring Hymns #d251

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Favorites Number 3 #27

Gospel Banner #112

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Gospel Bells #104

Let Everybody Sing #d260

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New Sacred Solos and Duets #26

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Radio Beams #181

Sacred Selections #d175

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Sacred Solos and Duets #6

Select Radio Songs #56

Sing Hosannas (a revised and enlarged ed. of Let Everybody Sing) #d286

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Songs of Salvation and Service. Revised #112

Spiritual Songs #d238

Spiritual Songs #d264

Treble Trios No. 3 #21

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