Salvation

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Grander than the billowy ocean

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [Grander than the billowy ocean]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Grander than the billowy ocean,
Glorious in its mighty sweep,
Rolls the tide of full salvation,
Deeper than the wat’ry deep.

Refrain:
Jesus saves! oh, ring the chorus,
Jesus saves, he saves the lost;
Jesus saves! oh, great salvation!
Saves unto the uttermost!

2 Wider than th’expansive ocean
Is our Saviour’s matchless love;—
Boundless, fathomless, eternal,—
Here his wondrous name we prove. [Refrain]

3 Roll! roll on, salvation’s water’s!
Oh, submerge us in thy waves,
Till our being, all transfigured,
Shows the power of him who saves. [Refrain]

4 Jesus, stamp on us thine impress,
Make us shine with heavenly rays;
Let us bear thy lovely image,
Let us here show forth thy praise. [Refrain]

Source: Melodious Sonnets #66

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Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	Grander than the billowy ocean
Title:	Salvation
Author:	Mary D. James
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Jesus saves, O, ring the chorus
Copyright:	Public Domain