I Will Go to the King

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I'll go to the King with my burden of sin

Author: E. E. Hewitt
Tune: [I'll go to the King with my burden of sin]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 I’ll go to the King with my burden of sin;
I know that His touch will give healing within;
He open’d a fountain, so blessed its flow,
Tho’ stains are like crimson, He makes them as snow.

Refrain:
I’ll go to the King;
My care I will bring
To the feet of King Jesus today;
He’ll receive me I know,
For His word tells me so,
He will take my transgressions away.

2 I’ll go to the King, in His wonderful love,
Extending His sceptre, He smiles from above;
He draws me still closer to lean on His breast,
And whispers “What wilt thou, and what thy request?” [Refrain]

3 I’ll go to the King for my needs by the way,
He gives me fresh manna, enough for each day,
With bright springs of comfort, so full and so free,
And light that will guide me till shadows shall flee. [Refrain]

4 I’ll go to the King for communion so sweet,
Within His pavilion my hallowed retreat,
Until in His palace I see face to face,
My King in His beauty, and feast on His grace. [Refrain]

Source: Triumphant Songs No.4 #125

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Author: E. E. Hewitt

Pseudonym: Lidie H. Edmunds. Eliza Edmunds Hewitt was born in Philadelphia 28 June 1851. She was educated in the public schools and after graduation from high school became a teacher. However, she developed a spinal malady which cut short her career and made her a shut-in for many years. During her convalescence, she studied English literature. She felt a need to be useful to her church and began writing poems for the primary department. she went on to teach Sunday school, take an active part in the Philadelphia Elementary Union and become Superintendent of the primary department of Calvin Presbyterian Church. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (… Go to person page >

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First Line:	I'll go to the King with my burden of sin
Title:	I Will Go to the King
Author:	E. E. Hewitt
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	I'll go to the King
Copyright:	Public Domain