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Text:Blest Jesus, while in mortal flesh
Author:Philip Doddridge
Tune:SHARPSBURG
Composer:J. P. Reese
Composer:J. A. Shell

39b. Blest Jesus, while in mortal flesh

1 Blest Jesus while in mortal flesh
I hold my frail abode
Still would my spirit rest on Thee,
My Savior and my God.

2 On Thy dear cross I fix my eyes,
My trust on Thee complete,
Till love dissolves my inmost soul
At my Redeemer’s feet.

3 Be dead my heart, to worldly charms,
Be dead to ev’ry sin;
And tell the boldest foe without
That Jesus reigns within.

Text Information
First Line: Blest Jesus, while in mortal flesh
Author: Philip Doddridge (1755)
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1991
Tune Information
Name: SHARPSBURG
Composer: J. P. Reese (1869)
Composer: J. A. Shell (1869)
Meter: C.M.
Key: D Major



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