Oh What Amazing Horrors Seize

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Oh what amazing horrors seize

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: WREXFORD
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Oh what amazing horrors seize
The sinner at his death!
With what reluctance and despair,
He yields his parting breath.

2 He gives a groan, and straight is gone
Where woeful spirits dwell;
A victim to eternal wrath,
The quenchless flames of hell.

3 Some drops of this tremendous storm
Might fall at times before;
But now it bursts upon his head,
In one relentless shower.

4 Oh may I, ere it be too late,
To Jesus’ cross repair;
From thence derive a cheering hope,
And find salvation there.

5 Supported by His powerful grace
And sprinkled with His blood,
I’ll rest secure from every ill,
Nor dread an angry God.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16256

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Oh what amazing horrors seize
Title:	Oh What Amazing Horrors Seize
Author:	Benjamin Beddome
Meter:	8.6.8.6
Source:	Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain