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Text:O 'Tis a Great Change for Me
Author:Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Tune:[My boat had once floated away from the shore]
Composer:J. B. Herbert

39. O 'Tis a Great Change for Me

1 My boat had once floated away from the shore,
And I was adrift on life’s wild raging sea;
But now in the lifeboat I’m safe evermore,
And O, ’tis a great change for me!

Refrain:
’Tis a great change for me, a great change for me!
O now I am happy! from sin I’ve been set free!
From out of the darkness I’ve stepped into light,
And O, ’tis a great change for me!

2 My life was once darkened, and fettered by sin,
But now, Hallelujah! by grace I am free!
For all has been changed since God’s light hath shone in,
And O, ’tis a great change for me! [Refrain]

3 No more is my spirit conformed to this world,
But now higher joys every moment I see;
For I have been changed and transformed by His pow’r,
And O, ’tis a great change for me! [Refrain]

4 When I have reached heaven, that home of the soul,
Blest haven that lies over times rolling sea,
I know I will shout when its joys I behold –
“O this is a great change for me!” [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: My boat had once floated away from the shore
Title: O 'Tis a Great Change for Me
Author: Rev. Johnson Oatman, Jr.
Refrain First Line: ’Tis a great change for me, a great change for me
Language: English
Publication Date: 1913
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [My boat had once floated away from the shore]
Composer: J. B. Herbert
Notes: Public Domain.



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