Paz con Dios

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Paz con Dios, busqué ganarla

Translator: S. E. McNair; Author: F. A. Blackmer (1886)
Tune: [Once I thought I walked with Jesus] (Blackmer)
Published in 7 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Paz con Dios, busqué ganarla
con febril solicitud,
Mas mis obras meritorias
no me dieron la salud.

Coro:
¡Oh qué paz Jesús me da!
Paz que antes ignoré;
Todo nuevo se tornó,
desde que su paz hallé.

2 Lleno estaba yo de dudas,
temeroso de morir,
Hoy en paz, mañana triste
con temor del porvenir. [Coro]

3 Al final en desespero,
"Ya no puedo", dije yo;
Y del cielo oí respuesta,
"Todo hecho ya quedó". [coro]

4 De mis obras despojado,
vi la obra de Jesús;
Supe que la paz fue hecha
por su sangre en la cruz. [Coro]

Source: Celebremos Su Gloria #321

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Translator: S. E. McNair

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Author: F. A. Blackmer

Blackmer, Francis Augustus. (Ware, Massachusetts, February 17, 1855--October 8, 1930, Somerville, Massachusetts). Advent Christian musician. His parents, Augustus and Jane Blackmer, were among those caught up in the excitement of the Millerite Movement. One son, Fred, became an Advent Christian minister. Francis, with a talent recognized at an early age, consecrated his own life to Christian service as a musician. He was immersed in baptism at the Adventist campmeeting in Springfield, Massachusetts, by Elder Miles Grant. His early years were spend in central Massachusetts, his schooling at Wilbraham Academy. He was largely self-taught in harmony and musical composition. He wrote the words and music to his first gospel song, "Out on the f… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Paz con Dios, busqué ganarla
Title:	Paz con Dios
Author:	F. A. Blackmer (1886)
Translator:	S. E. McNair
Meter:	8.7.8.7 with refrain
Language:	Spanish
Refrain First Line:	¡Oh, qué paz Jesús me da!
Copyright:	Public Domain