You are not your own; you were bought with a price.
1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Words: Herbert G. Tovey, 1917. Appeared in Tovey’s Gospel Solos and Duets No. 2 (Cincinnati, Ohio: Standard Publishing, 1925), number 172.
Music: Agnes Weeks (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Weeks (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
The Savior bought you with a price,
So great that none can understand
How deep His love for lost mankind,
How just and righteous His demand.
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He bought you with His precious blood,
And now He calls you through His Word;
The blood-stained path of love He trod—
Accept Him while His voice is heard.
The Savior bought you with a price,
No other one could set you free;
His work of grace will ever stand
Throughout a long eternity.
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The Savior bought you with a price,
And yet, refusing Him, you live;
His claim is just, and offers peace
To all who will their whole life give.
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Oh, doubting soul, why tarry still?
The shadows lengthen into night;
’Tis true, that whosoever will
May leave the darkness for the light.
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