God loved a world of sinners,
For them He gave His Son;
And whosoe’er receives Him,
He saves them, every one.
He came to bring sal­va­tion,
To bear our sins away,
That we with Him in glo­ry
Might live thro’ endless day.

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How shall we escape
If we neglect so great sal­va­tion?
How shall we escape
If we neglect so great sal­va­tion,
Neglect so great sal­va­tion?

Behold the bleeding Sav­ior
Upon the cruel tree—
The Just, condemned, forsaken—
He dies for you and me;
The Son of God, belovèd,
For us a curse was made;
That we might have re­demp­tion,
The awful price He paid.

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God loves the vilest sinner,
But hates the smallest sin;
Then who shall see His kingdom?
Or who can enter in?
The precious blood of Je­sus—
Let every creature know—
Can make the chief of sinners
Full whiter than the snow.

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Return to God, O wand’rer,
Thy purchased pardon take;
Thy sins He’ll not remember,
For thy Re­deem­er’s sake;
He’ll cast them all behind Him,
Or ’neath the deepest sea,
And love us ever freely,
Throughout eternity.

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