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Oh What Amazing Horrors Seize

Oh what amaz­ing hor­rors seize

Author: Benjamin Beddome
Tune: WREXFORD
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Oh what amaz­ing hor­rors seize
The sin­ner at his death!
With what re­luct­ance and des­pair,
He yields his part­ing breath.

2 He gives a groan, and straight is gone
Where woe­ful spir­its dwell;
A vic­tim to eter­nal wrath,
The quench­less flames of hell.

3 Some drops of this tre­men­dous storm
Might fall at times be­fore;
But now it bursts up­on his head,
In one re­lent­less show­er.

4 Oh may I, ere it be too late,
To Jesus’ cross re­pair;
From thence de­rive a cheer­ing hope,
And find sal­va­tion there.

5 Supported by His pow­er­ful grace
And sprin­kled with His blood,
I’ll rest se­cure from ev­ery ill,
Nor dread an an­gry God.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16256

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Oh what amaz­ing hor­rors seize
Title: Oh What Amazing Horrors Seize
Author: Benjamin Beddome
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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