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Grace, 'tia a a charming sound 204

 

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GRACE, 'THI A CHARMING SOUND
Words: Verses 1, 2, 4 & 6, Philip Dodd­ridge, 1740; vers­es 3 & 5, Au­gus­tus M. Top­la­dy, 1776, alt.

Music: “Silver Street,” Isaac Smith, cir­ca 1770

Grace, ’tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to mine ear;
Heaven with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

Grace first contrived the way
To save rebellious man;
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

Grace first inscribed my name
In God’s eternal book;
’Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
Who all my sorrows took.

Grace led my roving feet
To tread the heavenly road;
And new supplies each hour I meet,
While pressing on to God.

Grace taught my soul to pray
And made mine eyes o’erflow;
’Twas grace which kept me to this day,
And will not let me go.

Grace all the work shall crown,
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

O let Thy grace inspire
My soul with strength divine
My all my powers to Thee aspire,
And all my days be Thine.