O Fill My Cup

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O fill my cup, let it overflow

Author: John Newton; Author (st. 1): John P. Reese
Tune: [O fill my cup, let it overflow]
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1 O fill my cup, let it overflow,
Ofill my cup, let it overflow,
O fill my cup, let it overflow,
Let it overflow with love.

2 Amazing grace– how sweet the sound
that saved a wretch like me!
I once was lost, but now am found,
Was blind, but now I see.

3 'Twas grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved;
How precious did that grace appear
The hour I first believed!

4 The Lord has promised good to me:
His word my hope secures;
He will my shield and portion be
As long as life endures.

5 When we've been there ten thousand years,
Bright shining as the sun,
We've no less days to sing God's praise
Than when we've first begun.

Source: Hymns for Worship: supplement / volume 1 (Songs 1-151) #109

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Author: John Newton

John Newton (b. London, England, 1725; d. London, 1807) was born into a Christian home, but his godly mother died when he was seven, and he joined his father at sea when he was eleven. His licentious and tumultuous sailing life included a flogging for attempted desertion from the Royal Navy and captivity by a slave trader in West Africa. After his escape he himself became the captain of a slave ship. Several factors contributed to Newton's conversion: a near-drowning in 1748, the piety of his friend Mary Catlett, (whom he married in 1750), and his reading of Thomas à Kempis' Imitation of Christ. In 1754 he gave up the slave trade and, in association with William Wilberforce, eventually became an ardent abolitionist. After becoming a tide… Go to person page >

Author (st. 1): John P. Reese

John Palmer "Ripples" Reese was born in Jasper County, Georgia. After service in the Civil War as a member of the 37th Georgia Infantry, he spent most of his life as a composer and singing instructor in the Sacred Harp movement. He was a revisor for the 1859 edition of The Sacred Harp. He was president of the Chattahoochee Convention. Reese died in 1900, in Newnan, Georgia. Antonio Higgins Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	O fill my cup, let it overflow
Title:	O Fill My Cup
Author:	John Newton
Author (st. 1):	John P. Reese
Language:	English
Notes:	Repeat v. 1 after v. 5
Copyright:	Public Domain