Pleading the Atonement of the Savior

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O thou. who didst thy glory leave

Author: Augustus Toplady
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 O Thou who didst Thy glory leave,
Apostate sinners to retrieve
From nature's deadly fall,--
Thou, Thou hast bought us with a price;
Our sins against us ne'er can rise,
For Thou hast borne them all.

2 See Him for our transgressions given;
See the blest Lamb of God from heaven,
For us, His foes, expire;
Rejoice! rejoice! the tidings hear!
He bore, that we might never bear,
Th' Almighty's righteous ire.

3 Ye saints, "the Man of Sorrows" bless,
The Lord, for your unrighteousness
Deputed to atone;
Praise, till with all the ransomed throng
Ye sing the never-ending song.
And sit upon His throne!

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #120

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Author: Augustus Toplady

Toplady, Augustus Montague, the author of "Rock of Ages," was born at Farnham, Surrey, November 4, 1740. His father was an officer in the British army. His mother was a woman of remarkable piety. He prepared for the university at Westminster School, and subsequently was graduated at Trinity College, Dublin. While on a visit in Ireland in his sixteenth year he was awakened and converted at a service held in a barn in Codymain. The text was Ephesians ii. 13: "But now, in Christ Jesus, ye who sometimes were far off are made nigh by the blood of Christ." The preacher was an illiterate but warm-hearted layman named Morris. Concerning this experience Toplady wrote: "Strange that I, who had so long sat under the means of grace in England, should b… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O thou. who didst thy glory leave
Title:	Pleading the Atonement of the Savior
Author:	Augustus Toplady
Meter:	8.8.6.8.8.6
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain