No. 9.

F. S. S.

What a Precious Savior.

COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY E. O. EXCELL:

F. S. SHEPARD.

I.

I stand be-hold-ing Calvary's cross Where Christ,my Sav-ior, died; 2. What grief and pain was Thine, O Christ! As thus Thy life was giv'n

3. What wondrous love was thus made known, How rich and free His grace! I humbly bow on. Cal vary, Accept His grace so free;

4.

I

see Him hanging on the tree, For sinners cru-ci - fied. To save us from the pow'r of death, And win our souls for heav'n. That gave the Fa-ther's only Son To save a ruined race. The Sav-ior's sacrifice and love, At last has conquored me.

CHORUS.

What a precious Savior,

Great and glo-rious Sav-ior,

What a precious Savior is Christ the Lord; What a precious Savior,

Great and glorious Savior, What a precious Savior is Christ, the Lord.

dark with-out you,-dark-er still with in? Clear the darkened
pray'rs un ans-wer'd by your God
naught of darkness,-dwelling in

a - bove? Clear. the darkened the day? Clear the darkened

windows, o - pen wide the door,
windows, o - pen wide the door,
windows, o - pen wide the door,

Let a little sun-shine in.
Let a little sun-shine in.
Let a little sun-shine in.

CHORUS.

Let a lit-tle sun-shine in . . . Let a lit-tle sunshine in; .
the sunshine in,

the sunshine in,

Clear the darkened windows, open wide the door, Let a little sunshine in.

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Only a few weary years I know Till I shall sleep; Vis-ions of glo- ry, dear Lord, ap-pear To glad - den me: Soon Thou wilt o-pen heav'n's golden gate And call me home;

Peace-fully sleep when my race is run, Glad - ly go home when my
Shining from heaven's e- ter-nal shore, Joy-ful-ly shining death's
Then, O my King, I shall dwell with Thee, Happy, how happy my

work is done, Heav'n's joys to reap,heav'n's joys to
dark tide o'er In radiance freo,

soul shall be, No more to.

roam, no more

in radiance
.to

reap. free.

'roam.