And Can It Be

1. And can it be that I should gain
   An interest in the Savior's blood;
   Died He for me who caused His pain;
   For me who Him to death pursued.
   {DC} Amazing love! How can it be
   that Thou, my God, should die
   for me? {DC al fine}

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2. He left His Father's throne above.
   So free, so infinate His grace.
   Emptied Himself of all but love
   And bled for Adam's helpless race.
   {DC} 'Tis mercy all, immense and free;
   And O, my God, it found
   out me. {DC al fine}

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3. Long my imprisoned spirit lay
   Fast bound in sin and nature's night.
   Thine eye diffused a quickening ray
   I woke; the dungeon flamed with light.
   {DC} My chains fell off;my heart was free.
   I rose, went forth, and followed Thee. {DC al fine}

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4. No condemnation now I dread;
   Jesus, and all in Him, is mine;
   Alive in Him, my living Head,
   And clothed in righteuosness devine,
   {DC} Bold I approach the eternal throne,
   And claim the crown, through Christ my own. {DC al fine}