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Love Lifted Me
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1912 |
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I was sinking deep in sin, far from the peaceful
shore,
Very deeply stained within, sinking to rise no more, But the Master of the sea, heard my despairing cry, From the waters lifted me, now safe am I. Refrain Love lifted me! Love lifted me! All my heart to Him I give, ever to Him I’ll
cling Refrain Souls in danger look above, Jesus completely
saves, Refrain The two huddled together, working line by line, bar by bar,
composing this hymn in tandem. The words were jotted down by James
Rowe, and the music was hammered out at the piano by his friend.
Howard E. Smith, whose hands were so twisted from arthritis that his
friends wondered how he could play the piano at all. When they
finished the world had "Love Lifted Me." Matthew 14:29-31 - He was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, ‘Lord, save me!’ Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him. ‘You of little faith,’ He said, ‘why did you doubt?’
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