He Paid It Though Great Was the Cost

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I owed such a debt it could not be met

Author: J. R. Baxter (1942)
Tune: [I owed such a debt it could not be met]
Published in 3 hymnals

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1 I owed such a debt, it could not be met,
He paid it, tho great was the cost;
On dark Calvary Christ suffered for me
He paid it, tho great was the cost.

Refrain:
He paid it for you, He paid it for me
He paid it, tho great was the cost;
He suffered alone our sins to atone
He paid it, tho great was the cost.

2 My soul was enslaved, condemned and depraved,
He paid it, tho great was the cost;
I owe Him my all, I'm saved from the fall,
He paid it, tho great was the cost. [Refrain]

3 The law of God spoke, its precepts I broke,
He paid it, tho great was the cost;
My sentence was clear, eternity near
He paid it, tho great was the cost. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Saints #308

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Author: J. R. Baxter

Jesse Randall (Pap) Baxter, Jr. (1887-1960) Born: December 8, 1887, Lebanon, Alabama. Died: January 21, 1960. Baxter grew up in DeKalb County, Alabama. In 1926, he bought part of Virgil Stamps’ Gospel music firm, which became the Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Company, one of the most successful Gospel music publishers of the early 20th Century. Baxter ran the company’s Chattanooga, Tennessee, office until Stamps’ death in 1940, then moved to Dallas, Texas, to run the main office. After Baxter’s death, his wife, Clarice, ran the business until she died; it was then sold to Zondervan. Baxter was inducted into the Southern Gospel Mus… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I owed such a debt it could not be met
Title:	He Paid It Though Great Was the Cost
Author:	J. R. Baxter (1942)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He paid it for you
Copyright:	© 1942 by Stamps-Baxter Music and Ptg. Co. in "Lasting Peace"