Scripture Verse

I, even I, am the Lord; and beside Me there is no savior. Isaiah 43:11

Introduction

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Johnson Oatman, Jr.
(1856–1922)

Words: John­son Oat­man, Jr., in Songs of Love and Praise No. 3 ed­it­ed by John Swe­ney, Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia & Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois: John J. Hood, 1896), num­ber 179, alt.

Music: John R. Swe­ney (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a bet­ter pho­to of Oat­man,

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John Sweney (1837–1899)

Lyrics

Who can wash a sin­ner’s guilt away?
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
Who can turn his dark­ness into day?
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

O glo­ry, glo­ry, hal­le­lu­jah!
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
While we live or die, in the earth or sky,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah.

When we’re low­ly bent with grief and care,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
He speaks, and the sun­beams lin­ger there,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

When we’re tem­pest tossed up­on life’s deep,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
He speaks, and the wild waves hush to sleep,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

When we feel the icy touch of death,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
He will take us at our clos­ing breath,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain

In that bless­èd home where rests the soul,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!
This shall be our song while ag­es roll,
There is no one like the Sav­ior, hal­le­lu­jah!

Refrain