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GOD LOVED THE WORLD

Scripture Verse

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Introduction

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William G. Fischer
(1835–1912)

Words: Mar­tha M. Stock­ton, cir­ca 1871. Pub­lished in the Voice of Praise, ed­it­ed by Eb­en­ez­er T. Baird and Charles C. Con­verse (shown by his pseu­do­nym, Karl Re­dan), 1872. The words were re­port­ed­ly in­spired by an Am­eri­can In­di­an wo­man’s sto­ry of a Ca­na­di­an mis­sion­ary bring­ing the Gos­pel to her vil­lage.

Music: God Loved the World Will­iam G. Fisch­er (🔊 ).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Stock­ton (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), would you send us an e-mail?

Lyrics

God loved the world of sin­ners lost,
And ru­ined by the fall;
Salvation full, at high­est cost,
He of­fers free to all.

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O ’twas love, ’twas won­drous love,
The love of God to me;
It brought my Sav­ior from above,
To die on Cal­va­ry!

E’en now by faith I claim Him mine,
The ris­en Son of God;
Redemption by His death I find,
And cleans­ing through the blood.

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Love brings the glo­ri­ous full­ness in,
And to His saints makes known
The bless­èd rest from in­bred sin,
Through faith in Christ alone.

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Believing souls, re­joic­ing go;
There shall to you be giv’n
A glo­ri­ous fore­taste, here be­low,
Of end­less life in Heav’n.

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Of vic­to­ry now o’er Sa­tan’s pow­er
Let all the ran­somed sing,
And tri­umph in the dy­ing hour
Through Christ, the Lord, our king.

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