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Text:Jesus Will Answer For Me
Author:William Clark Martin
Tune:[When called to the judgment at last]
Composer:Rufus Henry Cornelius
Media:MIDI file

16366. Jesus Will Answer For Me

1 When called to the judgment at last,
And life shall be finished and past,
O what would my dread portion be,
Were no one there pleading for me?

Refrain:
But I have an Advocate pleading for me
Who bore all my sins, and who died on the tree,
And when I stand there, I will make but this plea:
That Jesus will answer for me.

2 I know I am worthy to die,
My sins I can never deny,
And at the great judgment I see
One hope for a sinner like me. [Refrain]

3 The angels must cast me away,
In trembling and hopeless dismay;
But Jesus who died in my place
Will win for me pardoning grace. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: When called to the judgment at last
Title: Jesus Will Answer For Me
Author: William Clark Martin (1917)
Refrain First Line: But I have an Advocate pleading for me
Language: English
Source: Tested Songs (Fort Worth, TX: R. H. Cornelius, 1917)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [When called to the judgment at last]
Composer: Rufus Henry Cornelius
Key: G Major or modal



Media
Adobe Acrobat image: PDF
MIDI file: MIDI
Noteworthy Composer score: Noteworthy Composer Score

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