I'm Glad that Jesus Came

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I would still be lost in sin with no peace and joy within

Author: J. R. Baxter (1943)
Tune: [I would still be lost in sin with no peace and joy within]
Published in 7 hymnals

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1 I would still be lost in sin
With no joy and peace within,
If the Savior had not come;
O, how dark the path would be
With no ray of hope to see
If the Savior had not come.

Refrain:
I'm glad that Jesus came
And bore my sin and shame,
That His promise I can claim
I want to praise Him more
While here and on that shore
I'm so glad that Jesus came.

2 I could never lift my voice,
In a song of praise rejoice,
If the Savior had not come;
I could feel now warmth above
Of the soul's redeeming love,
If the Savior had not come. [Refrain]

3 I would moulder in the ground,
Waiting not the trumpet's sound,
If the Savior had not come;
I could never upward rise,
Live with Him in paradise,
If the Savior had not come. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of the Saints #208

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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 would still be lost in sin with no peace and joy within
Title:	I'm Glad that Jesus Came
Author:	J. R. Baxter (1943)
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'm glad that Jesus came
Copyright:	© 1943 by Stamps-Baxter Music and Printing Co. in "Heaven's Lamp"