I am not only saved from sin

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I am not only saved from sin

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [I am not only saved from sin]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I am not only saved from sin,
God keep me, He keep me;
From ev’ry stain without within,
He keep me, He keeps me.

Refrain:
He keeps me, O yes He keeps me,
With perfect vict’ry in my soul;
He keeps me, O yes he keeps me,
Tho’ raging billows round me roll;
He’s with me, will not forsake me,
My heart shall know no fear, alarm;
No danger or fear of falling,
While in His everlasting arm.

2 From stumbling in the narrow way,
God keep me, He keep me;
While I His blessed voice obey,
He keep me, He keeps me. [Refrain]

3 From list’ning to the tempter’s voice,
God keep me, He keep me;
From making paths of sin my choice,
He keep me, He keeps me. [Refrain]

4 Beneath the precious cleansing blood,
God keep me, He keep me;
I will to Him my all confide,
He keep me, He keeps me. [Refrain]

5 With blessed precious perfect love,
God keep me, He keep me;
Till I am called to Heav’n above,
He will keep me, He will keep me. [Refrain]

Source: The King of Glory #6

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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