The Hands that Were Nailed to the Tree

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Out from sin unto righteousness lifted

Author: Franklin L. Eiland
Tune: [Out from sin unto righteousness lifted]
Published in 7 hymnals

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1 Out from sin unto righteousness lifted,
By the hands that were nailed to the tree;
Thro' the love and all wond'rous compassion,
Of my Savior down reaching for me!

Refrain:
They lifted me out of sins dwelling!
The hands that were nailed to the tree;
And I, all this wondrous compassion,
Can feel, their, down reaching to me.

2 I was down in the cell of sin's prison,
And was doomed, in despair, to remain;
Had they not those dear hands to my rescue,
Come, and loosed the fast shackles dread chain! [Refrain]

3 May I fail not, to praise them forever,
And to tell it wherever I be;
This the glorious gift, of the pardon,
Which they brought and delivered to me! [Refrain]

4 Going up, is my soul with thanks-giving,
There its song of redemption to sing,
Touched, to feel, of the hands that in mercy,
Came, and to it, salvation did bring! [Refrain]

Source: The New Wonderful Songs for Work and Worship #126

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Author: Franklin L. Eiland

Franklin L. Eiland was born in Noxubee county, Miss., March 25, 1860. He was reared on the farm and attended the old field school. The school house on the hill and the old Oaken Bucket, etc., etc., were objects of interest in his curriculum. He had traveled some before finally leaving home including a trip to Tx, but in 1882 he came to Tx to remain. November 13, 1884 he married Miss Mary E. Nisbett of Robertson county. She lived nine years. In 1894 he married Miss Ella May Kennedy of Van Zandt county. She lived only 10 days. October 21, 1896 he married Miss Minnie Jarushia Valentine of McLennan county. She still survives. They have one sweet little daughter, Mary Ella Oree. She is quite bright and is already starting music at the age of th… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Out from sin unto righteousness lifted
Title:	The Hands that Were Nailed to the Tree
Author:	Franklin L. Eiland
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	They lifted me out of sin's dwelling
Publication Date:	1905
Copyright:	Public Domain