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Text:What a Glorious Redeemer!
Author:Rev. H. G. Jackson
Tune:[My Saviour left His throne on high]
Composer:A. Beirly

78. What a Glorious Redeemer!

1 My Saviour left His throne on high,
And came on earth for me to die;
What a glorious Redeemer!
At midnight in Gethsemane,
He drank the bitter cup for me;
What a glorious Redeemer!

Refrain:
What a glorious Redeemer is Jesus, my Saviour!
What a glorious Redeemer is Jesus, my Lord!

2 Beneath the heavy cross, low bent,
Up Calv’ry’s rugged steeps He went;
What a glorious Redeemer!
From sin and death to set me free,
There on the cross He died for me;
What a glorious Redeemer! [Refrain]

3 That all might know His pow’r to save,
He rose in triumph from the grave;
What a glorious Redeemer!
And now His cruel suff’rings o’er,
He reigns in bliss forevermore;
What a glorious Redeemer! [Refrain]

4 Reign too, O blessed King divine,
Forever in this heart of mine;
What a glorious Redeemer!
Thy sov’reign right in me I own;
In life or death I’m Thine alone;
What a glorious Redeemer! [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: My Saviour left His throne on high
Title: What a Glorious Redeemer!
Author: Rev. H. G. Jackson
Refrain First Line: What a glorious Redeemer is Jesus
Publication Date: 1894
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [My Saviour left His throne on high]
Composer: A. Beirly
Notes: Public Domain.



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