O Savior, hear a sinner's cry

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O Savior, hear a sinner's cry

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: [After thy grace, O Lord, I press]
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1 O Saviour, hear a sinner's cry,
And take my guilt away,
Bring now Thy true salvation nigh,
And hear a suppliant pray.

2 The time I've made Thy mercy wait
I deeply now deplore,
My follies past do I regret
And every sin abhor.

3 My soul, bowed down with guilt and shame,
Seeks cleansing in Thy blood;
My life from sin and hell redeem
O thou sin-pardoning God.

4 Upon Thine undeserved grace
Throwing myself, I come;
Accept me in Thy faithfulness,
And lead me safely home.

Source: His Fullness Songs #357b

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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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