Hi, and welcome again to
praise, I am Kelly Mowrer.
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I live in
Allentown, Pennsylvania
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and recently I
read a really neat story
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that came out of this area
during a revolutionary war.
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In the town of
Ephrata, Pennsylvania,
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there lived a
simple, humble minister
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by the name of Peter Miller.
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Peter had a church there,
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and there was also a
neighbor there who gave Peter
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every bit of
trouble he possibly could.
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He harassed him, harangued him,
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gave him no end of heartache.
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This neighbor
became involved in treason
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and was eventually arrested
and sentenced to be hanged.
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Immediately,
Pastor Miller started out
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to walk 70 miles on
foot to Philadelphia,
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to plead for his life.
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General Washington
met with Pastor Miller,
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heard his plea,
and said "I am sorry,
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I cannot grant your
pardon for your friend."
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"My friend?" said the Pastor.
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"This man is the
worst enemy I have."
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Washington was astonished.
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He said, "Your worst enemy?
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You walked 70 miles to plead
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for the life of
your worst enemy?
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That puts the matter
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in a completely different light,
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and I will grant his pardon."
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When I read that
story, I thought about how--
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when we were the
worst enemies of God.
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He came far more distance
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than 70 miles to save our lives.
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Listen as E.T. plays "I
heard an old, old story.
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Our savior came from glory.
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How He gave His life on Calvary,
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to save a wretch like me.
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I heard about His groaning,
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His precious blood's atoning.
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And I repented of my
sin, and won the victory.
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A victory in
Jesus, my savior forever.
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He sought me and He bought me,
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with His redeeming blood.
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He loved me before I knew Him.
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And all my love is due Him.
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He plunged me to victory
beneath the cleansing flood."
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The Bible tells us
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that while we were yet sinners,
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Christ died for us.
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And the victory that we
have is only through Jesus.
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There's a story told
about a dark and stormy night.
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The lady was crossing
Lake Michigan on a boat,
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and the
lightning and the thunder
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and the rain made
her extremely nervous.
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When the lightning would flash,
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she could see the jagged rocks,
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jutting out above the
surface of the lake and,
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fearfully, she
asked the captain,
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"Do you know where all the rocks
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are here out in this lake?"
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"No," the captain replied,
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"I don't know
where all the rocks are,
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but I do know where it's safe."
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There's a
lighthouse on the hillside
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That overlooks life's sea
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When I'm tossed,
it sends out a light
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That I might see
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And the light that
shines in darkness now
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Will safely lead me on
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If it wasn't for the lighthouse
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My ship would be no more
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And I thank God
for the lighthouse
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I owe my life to Him
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For Jesus is the lighthouse
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And from the rocks of sin
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He has shone a light around me
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That I could clearly see
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If it wasn't for the lighthouse
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Where would this ship be?
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Now everybody
that lives around us
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They say, tear
that old lighthouse down
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Don't you know the big ships
don't sail this way anymore
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There's no use
of it standing round
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Then my mind goes
back to that stormy night
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When just in
time, I saw the light
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It's the light
from that old lighthouse
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That stands up
there on the hill.
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And I thank God
for the lighthouse
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I owe my life to Him
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For Jesus is the lighthouse
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And from the rocks of sin
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He has shone a light around me
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That I could clearly see
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If it wasn't for the lighthouse
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Where would this ship be?
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If it wasn't for the lighthouse
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Tell me, where
would this ship be?
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Time measured out my days
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Life carried me along
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In my soul I
yearned to follow God
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But knew I'd never be so strong
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I looked hard at this world
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To learn how
heaven could be gained
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Just to end where I began
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Where human
effort was all in vain
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Were it not for grace
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I can tell you where I'd be
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Wandering down some
pointless road to nowhere
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With my salvation up to me
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And I know how that would go
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The battles I would face
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Forever running
but losing the race
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Were it not for grace.
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So here is all my praise
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Expressed with all my heart
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Offered to the
friend who took my place
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And ran a course
I could not start
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And when He saw in full
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Just how much
His love would cost
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He still went that final
mile between me and heaven
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So I would not be lost
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Were it not for grace
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I can tell you where I'd be
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Wandering down some
pointless road to nowhere
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With my salvation up to me
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And I know how that would go
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The battles I would face
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Forever running
but losing the race
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Were it not for God's grace
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Forever running
but losing the race
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Were it not for grace.
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The Bible tells us that
satan is like a roaring lion,
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seeking whom he may devour.
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Satan doesn't want us
feeling the victory of Jesus.
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He doesn't want us knowing
safety and the love of God.
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He wants to
discourage us and bring us down.
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And when he tries to
discourage each of us
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with thoughts that maybe
our sins are just too big
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for God's grace to fully cover,
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we need to remember
what Paul wrote to Timothy.
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Paul wrote, this
is a faithful saying
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and worthy of all
acceptation that Christ Jesus
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came into the
world to save sinners,
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of whom I am chief.
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And remember, that
John specifically tells us,
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that God doesn't forgive us
because somehow we deserve it.
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John writes, your
sins are forgiven you,
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for His name's sake.
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There to my heart
was the blood applied
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Glory to His name
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Down at the cross
where my Savior died
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Down where for
cleansing from sin I cried
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There to my heart
was the blood applied
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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There to my heart
was the blood applied
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Glory to His name
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I am so
wondrously saved from sin
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Jesus so sweetly abides within
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There at the cross
where He took me in
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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There to my heart
was the blood applied
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Glory to His name
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To His glory, to His glory
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Glory to His name
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Come to this
fountain so rich and sweet
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Cast thy poor soul
at the Savior's feet
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Plunge in today
and be made complete
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Glory to His name, His name
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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There to my heart
was the blood applied
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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Glory to His name
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Wasn't that awesome?
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There to my heart,
was the blood applied,
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glory to His name.
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There was a once a
little girl who was blind.
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She was 8 years old.
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And she sat down and
she wrote her first poem.
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Oh, what a happy soul am
I, although I cannot see.
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I am resolved
that in this world,
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contented I will be.
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That little
girl went on to write
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over 8,000 hymns
during her lifetime.
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Her name was Fanny Crosby.
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She once said, "I
seem to have been led
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little by little toward my work.
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And I believe that
the same fact will appear
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in the life of
anyone who will cultivate
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such powers as
God has given him.
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And then go on bravely,
quietly, but persistently,
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doing such work as
comes to His hands."
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Fanny was friends with
three United States Presidents,
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President Van
Buren, President Polk
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and most especially,
President Grover Cleveland.
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Long before he became president,
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Grover Cleveland was
secretary to the institution
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of the blind,
where Fanny taught.
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And he copied out
many of her poems for her.
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And from the White
House, years later,
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President
Cleveland wrote to Fanny,
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"It is more than 50 years ago
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that our acquaintance
and friendship began.
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And ever since that
time, I have watched
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your continuous
and disinterested labor
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in uplifting humanity
and pointing out the way
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to an appreciation of
God's goodness and mercy."
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Listen now as Dave
and Marlene Colburn
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play the very first
hymn of Fanny Crosby
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to gain worldwide favor,
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"Pass me not, O gentle savior,
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hear my humble cry.
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While on others
thou are calling,
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do not pass me by.
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Let me at your throne of mercy,
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find a sweet relief.
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Kneeling there
in deep contrition,
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help my unbelief."
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He chose me before
the world was known
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He chose me to be His very own
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He made me then
let me choose my way
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I chose to move away
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He loved me when
hope had taken wing
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He loved me when
I lost everything
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He bought me
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Redemption's work was done
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Through Jesus Christ, His Son
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Who shall separate me
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from the love of God
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Shall dreams of tomorrow
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pain, or sorrow
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Can the need of food
or earthly possessions
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A threat of war,
or man's oppression
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In all these things
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Victory is our reward
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Victory is our reward
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through Jesus Christ, our Lord
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Of this I am sure
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That neither death, nor life
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Nor angels, nor principalities
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Nor powers, nor things present
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Nor things to come
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Not height, nor depth
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Nor any creature
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Shall separate me
from the love of God
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Of this I am sure
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That neither death, nor life
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Nor angels, nor principalities
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Nor powers, nor things present
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Nor things to come
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Not height, nor depth
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Nor any creature
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Shall separate me
from the love of God
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Through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.
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