Lost in the Wilderness

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Lost in the wilderness

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: [Lost in the wilderness]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Lost in the wilderness,
Far, far from home,
Filled with a deep distress,
Long did I roam;
There in a barren land,
Dangers on ev'ry hand,
'Neath my feet sinking sand,
So far from home,
'Neath my feet sinking sand,
So far from home.

2 Darkness, O dense and deep,
Settled o'er all,
Storm-clouds above did sweep,
Thunders appall;
Then unto heav'n I cried:
"O God forgive my pride,
Come and my footsteps guide,
O hear my call,
Come and my footsteps guide,
O hear my call."

3 Down from the courts above
Came He in pow'r,
Flooding my heart with love
That very hour;
Safely He sheltered me,
Bade me of good cheer be,
Now I am safe and free,
Saved evermore,
Now I am safe and free,
Saved evermore.

Source: His Fullness Songs #489

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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