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Free from the law, O happy condition

Author: P. P. Bliss
Tune: [Free from the law, O happy condition]
Published in 102 hymnals

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1. Free from the law, oh, happy condition!
Jesus has bled, and there is remission;
Cursed by the law and bruised by the fall,
Grace has redeemed us once for all.

Refrain:
Once for all, oh, sinner receive it;
Once for all, oh, child, believe it;
Cling to the cross, the burden will fall;
Christ has redeemed us, once for all.

2. Now we are free, there's no condemnation;
Jesus provides a perfect salvation;
Come unto me, oh, hear his sweet call;
Come, and he saves us, once for all. [Refrain]

3. Children of God! oh, glorious calling!
Surely his grace will keep us from falling,
Passing from death to life at his call;
Blessed salvation, once for all. [Refrain]

Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #331

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Author: P. P. Bliss

Philip P. Bliss (b. Clearfield County, PA, 1838; d. Ashtabula, OH, 1876) left home as a young boy to make a living by working on farms and in lumber camps, all while trying to continue his schooling. He was converted at a revival meeting at age twelve. Bliss became an itinerant music teacher, making house calls on horseback during the winter, and during the summer attending the Normal Academy of Music in Genesco, New York. His first song was published in 1864, and in 1868 Dwight L. Moody advised him to become a singing evangelist. For the last two years of his life Bliss traveled with Major D. W. Whittle and led the music at revival meetings in the Midwest and Southern United States. Bliss and Ira D. Sankey published a popular series of hym… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Free from the law, O happy condition
Title:	Once for All
Author:	P. P. Bliss
Meter:	10.10.9.8 with refrain
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Once for all, O, sinner, receive it
Notes:	Danish translation: See "Frigjort fra loven, frelse er funden"> by P. H. Dam; German translation: See "Frei vom gesetz, o Glückliches leben" by Ernst Gebhardt; "Frei vom gesetz, o seliges leben", "Frei vom gesetz, o teuere gnade", "Frei vom dem Fluch spricht Jesus mich Armen"; Spanish translations: See "¡De la Ley libre! ¡Dicha indecible!","Libres estamos, Dios nos absuelve" by Thomas M. Westrup; Swedish translation: See "Skulden är glädad segren är vunnen"
Copyright:	Public Domain