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Text:Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound
Author:Dr. Gibbons

LXXXVII. Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound

1 Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound
To malefactors doom'd to die;
Publish the bliss the world around;
Ye seraphs, shout it from the sky!

2 'Tis the rich gift of love divine;
'Tis, full, out-measuring every crime;
Unclouded shall its glories shine,
And fee no change, by changing time.

3 O'er sins unnumber'd as the sand,
And like the mountains for their size,
The seas of sovereign grace expand,
The seas of sovereign grace arise.

4 For this stupendous love of heaven
What grateful honors shall we show?
Where much transgression is forgiven
Let love in equal ardors glow.

5 By this inspir'd, let all our days
With various holiness be crown'd,
Let truth and goodness, prayer and praise
In all abide, in all abound.

Text Information
First Line: Forgiveness! 'tis a joyful sound
Author: Dr. Gibbons
Meter: L. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
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Topic: Scripture Doctrines and Blessings: Pardon; Forgiveness; Pardon (1 more...)
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