Scripture Verse

He is altogether lovely. Song of Solomon 5:16

Introduction

Words: S. H. Pra­ther, in Joy­ful Praise, by Charles H. Ga­bri­el (Cin­cin­na­ti, Ohio: Jen­nings & Gra­ham, 1902), num­ber 85.

Music: Num­me­la Charles H. Ga­bri­el (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals show the com­pos­er as C. D. Em­er­son, one of Ga­bri­el’s pseu­do­nyms.

If you know Pra­ther’s full name, or where to get a good pho­to of him (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charles Gabriel (1856–1932)

Lyrics

There’s no one like my Sav­ior,
Of all who earth have trod,
The al­to­ge­ther love­ly,
The im­age of our God.
There’s no one like my Sav­ior,
Among the an­gels bright;
His glo­ry theirs out­shin­eth,
As day out­shin­eth night.

Refrain

Some day I shall be like Him,
Immortal, glo­ri­fied,
And see Him robed in splen­dor,
My Lord, once cru­ci­fied.

He found me a poor sin­ner,
A lost, des­pair­ing one,
If left with­out His mer­cy,
For ev­er­more un­done.
But oh, He had com­pass­ion!
He took me by the hand,
And said Thou art for­giv­en,
My grace will help thee stand.

Refrain

With right­eous­ness He clothed me,
Creating me anew;
And now my heart He sprin­kles
With Heav’n’s re­fresh­ing dew.
Oh, glo­ry hal­le­lu­jah!
My will to His re­signed,
The Spir­it is trans­form­ing
My soul, and heart, and mind.

Refrain

And now the old, old sto­ry,
I pant to tell abroad—
The name and fame of Je­sus,
My king, my Lord, my God.
Oh, come to­day, ye sin­ners,
Come all with one ac­cord;
Renounce your sins fore­ver
And call up­on the Lord.

Refrain