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Text:I Only Know It Reaches Me
Author:Minnie B. Johnson
Tune:VAN NUYS
Composer:John R. Bryant
Media:MIDI file

7997. I Only Know It Reaches Me

1 I know not why God’s wondrous grace,
To all the world He offers free;
Nor why His love shall never cease,
I only know it reaches me.

Refrain:
It reaches me, it reaches me,
God’s grace so wondrous reaches me;
I know not why it is so free,
I only know it reaches me.

2 I know not why such saving faith
As this could ever, ever be,
Bestowed on one of little worth,
I only know it reaches me. [Refrain]

3 I know not why the Spirit comes
A witness in my soul to be;
To witness to the cleansing power,
I only know it reaches me. [Refrain]

4 I know not why these gifts to man,
Or what in man the Lord could see;
That He should send such bounteous grace,
I only know it reaches me. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: I know not why God’s wondrous grace
Title: I Only Know It Reaches Me
Author: Minnie B. Johnson
Refrain First Line: It reaches me, it reaches me
Meter: LMD
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: VAN NUYS
Composer: John R. Bryant (1895)
Meter: LMD
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: Midi
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