Scripture Verse

He died for all, that those who live should no longer live for themselves but for Him who died for them and was raised again. 2 Corinthians 5:15

Introduction

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Eliza Hewitt (1851–1920)

Words: Eli­za E. Hew­itt, in The Ev­an­gel, ed­it­ed by Ed­win O. Ex­cell (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia et ali­bi: Am­eri­can Bap­tist Pub­li­ca­tion So­ci­e­ty, 1909), num­ber 10.

Music: Bar­qui­si­me­to John R. Swe­ney (🔊pdf nwc).

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Living all for Je­sus, ’tis the gold­en way;
Finding in His serv­ice glad­ness for the day;
Looking for His foot­prints, hum­bly walk­ing there,
Turning ev­ery pro­mise i­nto trust­ful pray­er.

Refrain

Living all for Je­sus since for us He died,
Since for us He’s plead­ing, crowned and cr­uci­fied,
Love so free and bound­less wak­ens high­est praise,
Glory to our Sav­ior thro’ eter­nal days.

Living all for Jesus in com­mun­ion sweet,
Bringing ev­ery bur­den to His pierc­èd feet;
Telling Him our trou­bles, know­ing He will heed,
Finding grace to help us in our time of need.

Refrain

Living all for Jesus, bless­ing He’ll bestow,
Till His earth­en vess­els fill and ov­er­flow;
Yielding to His Spir­it, He the work will do,
What a great sal­va­tion, won­der­ful and true.

Refrain