When I view my Savior bleeding

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When I view my Savior bleeding

Author: Richard Lee
Published in 30 hymnals

Piano/Organ
	African-American Organ Music Anthology,…

Choral
	We Rejoice to be Gods Chosen

Instrumental
	Majestic Praise (Brass Solos for Worship…

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1 When I view my Saviour bleeding,
For my sins, upon the tree;
Oh, how wondrous!--how exceeding
Great his love appears to me!
Floods of deep distress and anguish,
To impede his labors, came;
Yet they all could not extinguish
Love's eternal, burning flame.

2 Now redemption is completed,
Full salvation is procured;
Death and Satan are defeated,
By the sufferings he endured.
Now the gracious Mediator
Risen to the courts of bliss,
Claims for me, a sinful creature,
Pardon, righteousness, and peace!

3 Sure such infinite affection
Lays the highest claims to mine;
All my powers, without exception,
Should in fervent praises join.
Jesus, fit me for thy service;
Form me for thyself alone;
I am thy most costly purchase,--
Take possession of thine own.

Source: Laudes Domini: a selection of spiritual songs ancient & modern (Abr. ed.) #542

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Author: Richard Lee

Lee, Richard. Said to have been "a laborious mechanic," and "a political and religious fanatic," contributed several hymns to the Evangelical Magazine, 1793, 1794, which were signed "Ebenezer," and dated from "Leicester Fields, London." In 1794 he published Flowers from Sharon. From this work the hymns, "When I view my Saviour bleeding" (Good Friday), and "See the Captain of Salvation" (Ascension), are taken. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907) Go to person page >

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First Line:	When I view my Savior bleeding
Author:	Richard Lee
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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RATHBUN

This story is associated with the writing of RATHBUN: One Sunday in 1849 Ithamar Conkey (b. Shutesbury, MA, 1815; d. Elizabeth, NJ, 1867) walked out of the morning service at Central Baptist Church, Norwich, Connecticut, where he was choir director and organist, frustrated because only one soprano f…

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AUSTRIAN HYMN

NETTLETON

The authorship of this tune is not clear, with different editors attributing the tune to different composers (or not naming one at all). See the instances list above for the different attributions. From William J. Reynolds, Companion to Baptist Hymnal (1976): "Nettleton first appeared as a two-part…

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Piano/Organ African-American Organ Music Anthology, Volume 2 Hosannas and Alleluias (Triumphant Expressions for Palm Sunday and Eastertide) Then Sings My Soul (Hymns of Faith and Praise for the Piano) More Piano/Organ...
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Handbells TWELVE BELLS FOR WORSHIP Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 2 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) Ring New Songs to the Lord, Vol. 2 (easy settings of praise and worship songs blended with traditional hymns) More Handbells...