Through the Atonement

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1 Great God, the ter­rors of Thy wrath,
What mor­tal tongue can tell?
A fie­ry stream comes is­su­ing forth,
And lights the flames of hell.

2 No mi­ti­ga­tion can it know,
Nor ev­er have an end;
Its great­ness and du­ra­tion, too,
All finite thought tran­scend.

3 But Thou, oh Lord, hast formed a plan,
Replete with won­drous grace.
To raise the fall­en crea­ture, man,
To per­fect hap­pi­ness.

4 Through the atone­ment of my Lord,
All sin may be for­giv’n;
‘Tis He rem­oves the flam­ing sword,
Which barred the way to Heaven.

5 Should all the pow’rs of earth and hell
Their force against me join,
His cross will all my fears di­spel,
And fill with peace di­vine.


Source: The Cyber Hymnal #16118

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Author: Benjamin Beddome

Benjamin Beddome was born at Henley-in Arden, Warwickshire, January 23, 1717. His father was a Baptist minister. He studied at various places, and began preaching in 1740. He was pastor of a Baptist society at Bourton-on-the-Water, Gloucestershire, until his death in 1795. In 1770, he received the degree of M.A. from the Baptist College in Providence, Rhode Island. He published several discourses and hymns. "His hymns, to the number of 830, were published in 1818, with a recommendation from Robert Hall." Montgomery speaks of him as a "writer worthy of honour both for the quantity and the quality of his hymns." --Annotations of the Hymnal, Charles Hutchins, M.A. 1872.… Go to person page >

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First Line: Great God, the terrors of thy wrath
Title: Through the Atonement
Author: Benjamin Beddome (1818)
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: Appeared posthumously in Hymns Adapted to Public Worship (London: Burton and Briggs,1818)
Copyright: Public domain
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BANGOR (Tansur)

Traditionally used for Montgomery's text and for Peter Abelard's "Alone Thou Goest Forth, O Lord," BANGOR comes from William Tans'ur's A Compleat Melody: or the Harmony of Syon (the preface of which is dated 1734). In that collection the tune was a three-part setting for Psalm 12 (and for Psalm 11 i…

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