Salvation's Precious Story

Representative Text

1 How precious is the story,
Of our Redeemer's birth;
Who left the realms of glory.
And came to dwell on earth!
He saw our sad condition,
Our guilt, and sin, and shame;
To save us from perdition,
The blessed Jesus came.

Refrain:
Oh, precious story,
Oh, precious name,
To save our lost and guilty race,
The blessed Jesus came.

2 He came to Earth from Heaven,
To weep, and bleed, and die,
That we might be forgiven,
And raised to God on high.
His kindness and compassion,
To children then were shown;
The heirs of his salvation,
He claimed them for his own. [Refrain]

3 Oh! may I love their Saviour,
So good, so kind, so mild!
And may I find his favor;
A young tho’ sinful child.
And in his blissful heaven,
May I at last appear,
With all my sins forgiven,
To know and praise Him there. [Refrain]

Source: Pearls of Praise #126

Author: John M. Lowrie

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Text Information

First Line: How precious is the story
Title: Salvation's Precious Story
Author: John M. Lowrie
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

SELBORNE


[How precious is the story] (54565)


WEBB

George J. Webb (b. Rushmore Lodge, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, 1803; d. Orange, NJ, 1887) composed WEBB (also known as MORNING LIGHT) on a voyage from England to the United States. The tune was published in The Odeon, a collection of secular music compiled by Webb and Lowell Mason (PHH 96) i…

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Media

The Cyber Hymnal #10454
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A Manual of Devotion and Hymns for the House of Refuge, City of New York #136

American Sunday School Hymn Book. 2nd ed. #a88

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American Sunday School Hymn Book. New ed. #aa88

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Augsburg Songs for Sunday Schools and other services #21

Augsburg Songs, Nos. l and 2 Combined #d126

Children's Praise #d50

Gems of Song #d4

Happy Voices #d71

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #21

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Hymnal for Primary Classes #21

Hymns for Schools and Families #d56

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Hymns for Schools and Families #12

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Hymns for Sunday Schools #A11

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d92

Linden Harp #d44

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Linden Harp #18

Maynard's Selected Sabbath School Hymns. 4th ed. #d71

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Pearls of Praise #126

Sacred Melodies (Revised) #d106

Sunday School Hymn Book #d161

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The American Sunday-School Hymn-Book #88

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The Cyber Hymnal #10454

The Hymns of "Happy Voices" (without music) #d71

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The Infant-School Hymn-Book #60

The Lesser Hymnal #d121

The Sabbath Chimes #d109

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The Sabbath School Pearl or the Sunday school Army singing Book #39

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The Sunday School Service and Tune Book #17

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #705

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The Tribute of Praise #705

The Union Harp and Revival Chorister. Rev ed. #d152

The Voice of Praise #d92

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Young Singer's Friend #75

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