195. "Shall we forget"

1 Jesus! thy love shall we forget,
And never bring to mind
The grace that paid our hopeless debt,
And bade us pardon find?

2 Shall we thy life of grief forget,
Thy fasting and thy prayer;
Thy locks with mountain vapors wet,
To save us from despair?

3 Gethsemane can we forget--
Thy struggling agony
When night lay dark on Olivet,
And none to watch with thee?

4 Our sorrows and our sins were laid
On thee, alone on thee;
Thy precious blood our ransom paid--
Thine all the glory be!

5 Life's brightest joys we may forget--
Our kindred cease to love;
But he who paid our hopeless debt,
Our constancy shall prove.

Text Information
First Line: Jesus! thy love shall we forget
Title: "Shall we forget"
Author: William Mitchell
Language: English
Publication Date: 1888
Scripture:
Topic: Charity; Christ: Character of; Christ: Example of (6 more...)
Tune Information
Name: HELENA
Composer: W. B. Bradbury
Meter: C. M.
Key: A♭ Major



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