How shall we escape

O the wondrous grace of Christ

Author: Julia H. Johnston
Tune: [O the wondrous grace of Christ]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Oh, the wondrous grace of Christ,
Dying our souls to save!
For sinners lost, a gift unpriced,
Even his life he gave.

Refrain:
If we neglect this salvation free,
How can we hope to escape at last?
Now is the time, the accepted time,
Oh, come, ere the day is past.

2 No tomorrow dare we claim,
Now is his day of grace;
“None other name, none other name,”
Offers a hiding-place. [Refrain]

3 Why delay when Jesus calls,
Standing outside the gate?
Repent, believe, ere darkness falls,
Haste, for the hour grows late. [Refrain]

4 Peace and pardon, life and love,
Guidance along the way,
May now be yours from Christ above,
If you but come today. [Refrain]

Source: Songs of Grace and Glory: A New and Inspiring Selection of Sacred Songs for Evangelical Use and General Worship #107

Author: Julia H. Johnston

Julia Harriet Johnston, who was born on Jan. 21, 1849, at Salineville, OH, in Columbiana County. Her father was a minister and he mother was a poet. She began writing when she was nine years old but really started writing verse in high school. She lived in Peoria, Ill. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

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First Line: O the wondrous grace of Christ
Title: How shall we escape
Author: Julia H. Johnston
Refrain First Line: If we neglect this salvation free
Copyright: Public Domain

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