I Was As Glad

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I was as glad as I could be

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: [I was as glad as I could be]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 I was as glad as I could be
When one who worships said to me;
Let us unto God's house repair,
And meet His saints and worship there.

Refrain:
I was as glad as I could be
When one who worships said to me,
Let us unto God's house repair,
And meet His saints and worship there.

2 Here, here my feet delight to stand,
Like Israel in the promised land;
Here often I delight to sit
And learn God's ways at Jesus' feet. [Refrain]

3 The throne of judgment here we find,
Here men their hearts to glory bind;
The Son of David rules within
These sacred walls and conquers sin. [Refrain]

4 May peace prevail within Thy gates,
O church, the peace which God creates;
That peace born of a holy love,
Which hath its origin above. [Refrain]

5 Here let the Saviour meet His own
And to their hearts His will make known;
Here let us taste of heaven's bliss,
And not a purchased blessing miss. [Refrain]

Source: His Fullness Songs #39

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I was as glad as I could be
Title:	I Was As Glad
Author:	Charles Price Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I was as glad as I could be
Copyright:	Public Domain