The Son of God Is Come to Save

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1 The Son of God is come to save;
From highest heav’n the Light has shone;
O Life, that overcomes the grave!
O Love, that bids our fears be gone!

2 He bears away our load of guilt,
The Lamb of God for sinners slain;
For us the precious blood is spilt,
That washes white our darkest stain.

3 The ransom of our souls is paid;
‘Tis finish’d, conflict stern and sore!
The reign of sin and death is stayed,
And Christ is King for evermore.

4 O Life, that overcomes the grave!
O Love, that bids our fears be gone!
The Son of God is come to save;
Thro’ deepest dark the Light has shone.

5 His grace and love are still the same,
Victorious on the Father’s throne;
And every soul that pleads His name,
He gladly welcomes as His own.

6 None other hope or help have we,
Behold, we come with all our sin;
O Christ! from darkening skies we flee,
Thy wounded hand will take us in.

7 O Love, that bids our fears be gone!
O Life, that overcomes the grave!
Within our hearts the Light has shone;
The Son of God is come to save!


Source: Hymns of Consecration and Faith #588

Author: W. J. Govan

Late 19th Century Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: The Son of God is come to save
Title: The Son of God Is Come to Save
Author: W. J. Govan
Language: English
Publication Date: 1902
Copyright: This text is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before 1931.

Tune

DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (Grenoble)

DEUS TUORUM MILITUM (sometimes called GRENOBLE) was published in France in the 1753 Grenoble Antiphoner as a setting for the text "Deus tuorum militum" (“The God of Your Soldiers”). One of the finest French diocesan tunes from the eighteenth century, it represents a departure in Roman Catholic h…

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PENTECOST (Boyd)

William Boyd (b. Montego Bay, Jamaica, 1847; d. Paddington, England, 1928) composed PENTECOST in 1864 for the hymn text "Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire"; it was published in 1868 in Thirty-Two Hymn Tunes Composed by Members of the University of Oxford. The name PENTECOST derives from the subjec…

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