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Hymnal Number
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Keys included:
D
About this Hymn
Margaret Clarkson wrote this hymn as a collective call to worship for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship meetings, but what she offers here is more like a rallying cry around core Christian doctrines: the humanity and divinity of Christ; his all-sustaining work in creation, fueled by his love for his people; his substitutionary atonement; his position as both judge and mediator; his nature as the source of all truth and wisdom; his empowerment as the giver of gifts; and his identification as the holy "I AM," our source of true rest and true life, our sovereign Maker, Savior, Lord, and King, to whom we give our adoration.
Lyrics
Verse 1
We come, O Christ, to you, true Son of God and man, by whom all things consist, in whom all life began. In you alone we live and move and have our being, in your love.
Verse 2
You are the way to God, your blood our ransom paid; in you we face our Judge and Maker unafraid. Before the throne absolved we stand; your love has met your law's demand.
Verse 3
You are the living truth! All wisdom dwells in you, the source of ev'ry skill, the one eternal True! O great I AM! in you we rest, sure answer to our ev'ry quest.
Verse 4
You only are true life, to know you is to live; the more abundant life that earth can never give. O risen Lord! we live in you: in us each day your life renew!
Verse 5
We worship you, Lord Christ, our Savior and our King; to you our youth and strength adoringly we bring: so fill our hearts, that all may view your life in us and turn to you!
We come, O Christ, to you, true Son of God and man, by whom all things consist, in whom all life began. In you alone we live and move and have our being, in your love.
Verse 2
You are the way to God, your blood our ransom paid; in you we face our Judge and Maker unafraid. Before the throne absolved we stand; your love has met your law's demand.
Verse 3
You are the living truth! All wisdom dwells in you, the source of ev'ry skill, the one eternal True! O great I AM! in you we rest, sure answer to our ev'ry quest.
Verse 4
You only are true life, to know you is to live; the more abundant life that earth can never give. O risen Lord! we live in you: in us each day your life renew!
Verse 5
We worship you, Lord Christ, our Savior and our King; to you our youth and strength adoringly we bring: so fill our hearts, that all may view your life in us and turn to you!
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Attribution & Copyright
Words: Margaret Clarkson © 1957, 1984, ren. 1985 Hope Publishing Company (Hope Publishing Company / www.hopepublishing.com)
Music: John Darwall, 1769; harm. Arthur Sullivan, 1874
Music: John Darwall, 1769; harm. Arthur Sullivan, 1874