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Whenever I think of Thee

Author: William Baxter
Published in 8 hymnals

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1 Whene'er I think of Thee,
O sacred Calvary!
Love fills my breast.
Flow, then, the joyous tears;
Flee, all my guilty fears;
Saviour! Thy cross appears,
And I find rest.

2 When from Thybleeding side
I see the crimson tide
Streaming for me;
Faith in Thy flowing blood
O spotless Lamb of God!
Points me from earth's dark clod
Upward to Thee.

3 When death's unsparing dart
Pierces my fainting heart,
Sweetly I'll sing:
Grave! Thou no terror hast;
All fearful gloom is past;
Victor through Christ at last;
Death has no sting!

Source: Churches of Christ Hymn Book #420

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Author: William Baxter

Baxter, William (Leeds, Yorkshire, July 6, 1820--February 11, 1880, New Castle, Pennsylvania). Came to U.S. in 1829; was a Methodist until he joined the Disciples of Christ ca. 1838. Graduated from Bethany College, 1845. President of Arkansas College (Fayetteville), 1860-1863. His Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove (1864) tells of his experience as an anti-slavery advocate in a seceding state. Co-worker with evangelist Wlater Scott (1796-1861), whose biography he published in 1874. He contributed hymns to such books as Christian Psalmist, Revised (1854), Christian Hymn Book (1865), and Christian Hymnal, Revised (1882). His "Whene'er I think of thee" appeared in both the 1865 and 1882 books listed above. Preface to the 1865 book speaks of the e… Go to person page >

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