September 07, 2012

What a Sweet Message It Is!

A wonderful Fanny Crosby hymn for your Protestant gratification and for the honor and memory of our ancestors :-)

A Message Sweet is Borne to Me

Fanny Crosby

A message sweet is borne to me

On wings of joy divine;

A wondrous message, glad and free,

That thrills this heart of mine;

I’m saved by grace, by grace alone,

Through Christ, whose love I claim,

No other could for sin atone,

Hosanna to His name!

Refrain

O glorious song that all day long

With tuneful note is ringing,

I’m saved by grace, amazing grace,

And that is why I’m singing!

I hear the message that I love

When morning dawns anew;

I read it in the sun above

That shines across the blue;

I hear it in the twilight still,

And at the sunset hour –

I’m saved by grace! what word can thrill

With such a magic power?

Refrain

O glorious song that all day long

With tuneful note is ringing,

I’m saved by grace, amazing grace,

And that is why I’m singing!

Oh, wondrous grace for all mankind,

That spreads from sea to sea!

It heals the sick and leads the blind,

And sets the prisoner free;

The soul that seeks it cannot fail

To see the Savior’s face,

And Satan’s power cannot prevail

If we are saved by grace.

Refrain

O glorious song that all day long

With tuneful note is ringing,

I’m saved by grace, amazing grace,

And that is why I’m singing!

(c) 2012 Joyously Saved