Scripture Verse

Altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5:16

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in The Voice of Tri­umph (Clev­eland, Ohio: Tho­mas & Mat­till, 1894).

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

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John R. Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Thou art fair­er than the morn­ing,
O my Sav­ior and my king!
Of Thy gran­deur and Thy beau­ty,
How my soul de­lights to sing.

Refrain

Thou art fair­er than the morn­ing,
Thou art bright­er, bright­er than the day;
At the glo­ry of Thy pre­sence
Clouds and dark­ness flee away.

Clothed in light as with a gar­ment,
Crowned with ma­jes­ty di­vine,
Lo, the scep­ter of do­min­ion
Now and ev­er, Lord, is Thine.

Refrain

Oh, the great­ness of Thy mer­cy,
And the rich­ness of Thy grace!
Oh, the love that in Thy king­dom
Is pre­par­ing me a place!

Refrain

When the sil­ver cord is brok­en,
And this mor­tal life is o’er,
With ten thou­sand times ten thou­sand,
I shall sing for ev­er­more.

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