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Text:What A Savior
Author:Anthony J. Showalter
Tune:MEHLVILLE
Composer:Anthony Johnson Showalter
Media:MIDI file

12985. What A Savior

1 We lay our burdens all down at Jesus’ feet,
And at His bidding find peace and rest so sweet.

Refrain:
O what a Savior! O what a friend is He!
On Calv’ry’s mountain He died to set us free.

2 No more we wander in sin’s destructive road;
Jesus, the mighty, has lifted that great load. [Refrain]

3 We now can praise Him, our only hope is He;
Within Him in glory we’ll spend eternity. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: We lay our burdens all down at Jesus' feet
Title: What A Savior
Author: Anthony J. Showalter
Refrain First Line: O what a Savior! O what a friend is He!
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Source: The Best Gospel Songs and Their Composers (Dalton, GA: A. J. Showalter Company, 1904)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: MEHLVILLE
Composer: Anthony Johnson Showalter (1904)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Key: G Major or modal
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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