Scripture Verse

I will offer to Thee the sacrifice of thanksgiving. Psalm 116:17

Introduction

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Pure Gold, ed­it­ed by Ro­bert Low­ry & W. How­ard Doane (New York: Big­low & Main, 1871), num­ber 5.

Music: Gun­ners­bu­ry Ro­bert Low­ry (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Lyrics

Like gen­tle dew the bless­ings fall
From God whose love in­spires our song;
Our time, our tal­ents and our all,
From Him re­ceived, to Him be­long.

Refrain

Then let us of­fer to His name
The will­ing sac­ri­fice of praise;
And may our grate­ful lips pro­claim
His good­ness in the notes we raise!

On Je­sus all our sins were laid;
He freely shed His pre­cious blood,
And thus our ad­vo­cate was made,
That He might bring us near to God.

Refrain

To save from death our guil­ty race,
He bore the cross, en­dured the pain;
O won­drous rich­es of His grace!
In Him we die to live again.

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