Savior, Blessed Savior (EN 976)

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Savior, blessed Savior, listen while we sing;

Hearts and voices ringing, praises to our King;

All we have to offer, all we hope to be,

Body, soul, and spirit, all we yield to Thee.

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Near, ever nearer, Christ, we draw to Thee,

Deep in adoration bending low the knee;

Thou for our redemption cam’st on earth to die;

Thou, that we might follow, hast gone up on high.

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Great and ever greater, are Thy mercies here;

True and everlasting are the glories there,

Where no pain nor sorrow, toil nor care is known,

Where the angel legions circle round Thy throne.

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Dark and ever darker, was the wintry past,

Now a ray of gladness o’er our path is cast;

Every day that passeth, every hour that flies,

Tells of love unfeigned, love that never dies.

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Clearer still and clearer dawns the light from Heav’n,

In our sadness bringing news of sin forgiven;

Life has lost its shadows, pure the light within;

Thou hast shed Thy radiance on a world of sin.

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Brighter still and brighter glows the western sun,

Shedding all its gladness o’er our work that’s done;

Time will soon be over, toil and sorrow past,

May we, blessed Savior, find a rest at last.

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Onward, ever onward, journeying o’er the road

Worn by saints before us, journeying on to God;

Leaving all behind us, may we hasten on,

Backward never looking till the prize is won.

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Higher, then, and higher bear the ransomed soul,

Earthly toils forgetting, Savior, to its goal;

Where in joys unthought of saints with angels sing,

Never weary, raising, praises to their King.