Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#356

356. How can a sinner know

1 How can a sinner know
His sin on earth forgiv'n?
How can my gracious Saviour show
My name inscrib'd in heav'n!

2 What we have felt and seen
With confidence we tell;
And publish to the sons of men
The signs infallible.

3 We who in Christ believe
That he for us hath died,
We all his unknown peace receive,
And feel his blood applied!

4 Exults our rising soul,
Deliver'd of her load,
And swells unutterably full
Of glory and of God.

5 His love surpasses far
The love of all beneath,
We find within our hearts, and dare
The pointless darts of death.

6 Stronger than death or hell
The sacred pow'r we prove;
And, conqu'rors of the world we dwell
In heav'n who dwell in love.

Text Information

• First Line: How can a sinner know
• Meter: S. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Scripture:
  1 John 1:3
• Topic: Christian experience: The convert entertaining hope of pardon; and the happiness of the christian; That which we have seen and heard

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