Piano Demo
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Hymnal Number
251Resource Type:
Keys included:
D
About this Hymn
Sometimes our faults and our failures weigh heavily on us. We might feel guilty about mistreating someone or letting someone down or having a terrible lapse in judgment. The good news of the gospel says that we do not need to bear these things in our hearts or on our minds; we can turn them over to Jesus. He can relieve your aching desires and griefs, too, if you will let him. Will you let him fashion you for greater things?
Lyrics
Verse 1
I lay my sins on Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God; he bears them all, and frees us from the accursed load. I bring my guilt to Jesus, to wash my crimson stains white in his blood most precious, till not a spot remains.
Verse 2
I lay my wants on Jesus— all fullness dwells in him; he heals all my diseases, he doth my soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, my burdens and my cares; he from them all releases, he all my sorrows shares.
Verse 3
I long to be like Jesus— meek, loving, lowly, mild; I long to be like Jesus— the Father's holy Child. I long to be with Jesus, amid the heav'nly throng, to sing with saints his praises, to learn the angels' song.
I lay my sins on Jesus, the spotless Lamb of God; he bears them all, and frees us from the accursed load. I bring my guilt to Jesus, to wash my crimson stains white in his blood most precious, till not a spot remains.
Verse 2
I lay my wants on Jesus— all fullness dwells in him; he heals all my diseases, he doth my soul redeem. I lay my griefs on Jesus, my burdens and my cares; he from them all releases, he all my sorrows shares.
Verse 3
I long to be like Jesus— meek, loving, lowly, mild; I long to be like Jesus— the Father's holy Child. I long to be with Jesus, amid the heav'nly throng, to sing with saints his praises, to learn the angels' song.
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Horatius Bonar, ca. 1834
Music: "Greek melody" in The New York Choralist, 1847
Music: "Greek melody" in The New York Choralist, 1847