For You He Died

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O soul unsaved from all your sin

Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Tune: [O soul unsaved from all your sin]
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1 O soul, unsaved from all your sin,
If you should stand tonight
And knock and wait at heaven’s gate,
Would Jesus’ voice invite?

Refrain:
For you he died, to open wide
The pearly gates so fair;
O come to him today and win
Abundant entrance there.

2 O since for you he shed his blood
Upon the cruel tree,
With outstretched hands he waiting stands,
To give you pardon free. [Refrain]

3 O wand’ring one, the Shepherd kind
Is seeking you today;
Where’er you roam afar from home,
He follows where you stray. [Refrain]

4 And when you trembling turn to him,
And heed his loving voice,
Around the throne where stand his own
The ransomed saints rejoice. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Christian Service #120

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Author: Jennie Evelyn Hussey

Jane Evelyn Hussy was born 8 February 1874 in Henniker, N.H. She was an invalid from rheumatism. She began writing verse as a child. The first were published when she was thirteen. At sixteen she began to write stories, articles and designs for crochet needlework for magazines. In 1898 her first hymns were published. She was a member of the Society of Friends. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line:	O soul unsaved from all your sin
Title:	For You He Died
Author:	Jennie Evelyn Hussey
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	For you he died, to open wide
Copyright:	Public Domain