Hymns and Tunes 1886 446
All That I Was My Sin, My Guilt
Words: Horatius BonarMusic: E. HamiltonTune: DentonC. M.
1All that I was my sin, my guilt,
My death, was all my own;
All that I am I owe to thee,
My gracious God, alone.
2The evil of my former state
Was mine, and only mine;
The good in which I now rejoice
Is thine, and wholly thine.
3The darkness of my former state,
The bondage, all was mine;
The light of life in which I walk,
The liberty, is thine.
4Thy grace first made me feel my sin;
It taught me to believe;
Then, in believing, peace I found,
And now I live, I live.
5All that I am, even here on earth,
All that I hope to be,
When Jesus comes and glory dawns,
I owe it, Lord, to thee.
- Words
- Horatius Bonar
- Music
- E. Hamilton
- Tune
- Denton
- Meter
- C. M.
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.6.8.6 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 71% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCB
Could also be sung to Azmon, Coronation, Ortonville, Cantate Domino, Christmas · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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