Scripture Verse

God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

Introduction

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Warren Bentley (1845–1926)

Words: Fred­er­ick De­nis­on, in Glo­ri­ous Tid­ings, ed­it­ed by Hen­ry S. Per­kins & War­ren Bent­ley (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: White & Smith, 1878).

Music: W. War­ren Bent­ley (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of De­nis­on (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

From Cal­va­ry’s mount­ain sound­ing,
What lov­ing words we hear,
The love of God abound­ing,
Dispelling all our fear.

Refrain

O bro­ther, be­lieve it!
O bro­ther, re­ceive it!
Whosoever be­lieveth
Hath ev­er­last­ing life!

Oh, seek this great sal­va­tion,
And cast out ev­ery sin,
The soul’s eman­ci­pa­tion,
By pow­er di­vine with­in.

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Whoe’er My Word be­liev­eth,
We hear the Sav­ior say,
A par­don full re­ceiv­eth,
All sins are washed away.

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O bro­ther, come and trust Him,
Oh, come to Him to­day;
He’s wait­ing to re­ceive you,
Why long­er then de­lay?

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