====== #660 - Silver Street ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *Isaac Smith (1734-1805), 1770
  *Also known as:
    *Grace, 'Tis a Charming Sound
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  *[[:incipit]]: 155351325165455131565671756712321
  *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 1535132516545131565671756712321
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
Grace, 'tis a charming sound,\\
Harmonious to mine ear;\\
Heaven with the echo shall resound,\\
And all the earth shall hear.\\
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Grace first contrived the way\\
To save rebellious man;\\
And all the steps that grace display\\
Which drew the wondrous plan.\\
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Grace first inscribed my name\\
In God's eternal book;\\
'Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,\\
Who all my sorrows took.\\
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Grace led my roving feet\\
To tread the heavenly road;\\
And new supplies each hour I meet,\\
While pressing on to God.\\
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Grace taught my soul to pray\\
And made mine eyes o'erflow;\\
'Twas grace which kept me to this day,\\
And will not let me go.\\
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Grace all the work shall crown,\\
Through everlasting days;\\
It lays in heaven the topmost stone,\\
And well deserves the praise.\\
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O let Thy grace inspire\\
My soul with strength divine\\
My all my powers to Thee aspire,\\
And all my days be Thine.\\
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    *++Philip Doddridge|{{search>"Philip Doddridge" @cobs}}++ (1702-1751), 1740((verses 1, 2, 4 and 6)), and ++Augustus Montague Toplady|{{search>"Augustus Montague Toplady" @cobs}}++ (1740-1778), 1776((verses 3 and 5))