How Shall I My Savior Set Forth?

How shall I my Savior set forth?

Author: James Maxwell
Published in 60 hymnals

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1 How shall I my savior set forth?
How shall I his beauties declare?
Or how shall I speak of His worth,
Or what His chief dignities are?
His angels can never express,
Nor saints who sit nearest his throne,
How rich are his treasures of grace:—
No! this is a mystery unknown.

2 In him all the fulness of God
For ever transcendently shines;
Tho' once like a mortal he stood
To finish his gracious designs:
Tho’ once he was nail'd to the cross,
Vile rebels like me to set free,
His glory sustained no loss,
Eternal his kingdom shall be.

3 His wisdom, his love, and his power,
Seem'd then with each other to vie,
When sinners he stoop'd to restore,
Poor sinners condemned to die!
He laid all his grandeur aside,
And dwelt in a cottage of clay,
Poor sinners he lov'd, tillhe dy'd
To wash their pollutions away.

4 O sinners, believe and adore
This savior so rich to redeem!
No creature can ever explore
The treasure of goodness in him:
Come, all ye who see yourselves lost,
And feel yourselves burden'd with sin,
Draw near while with terror you’re toss'd;
Believe, and your peace shall begin.

5 Now, sinners, attend to his call,
"Whoso hath an ear let him hear,"
He promises mercy to all
Who feel their sad wants, far and near:
He riches has ever in store,
And treasures that never can waste:
Here's Pardon, here's grace, yea and more,
Here's glory eternal at last.


Source: A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CLI

Author: James Maxwell

Maxwell, James , was born in Renfrewshire in 1720. In his youth he journeyed to England with a hardware pack, but eventually returning to Scotland, he followed the joint occupation of schoolmaster and poet. In 1783, during a famine in Scotland he was reduced to great destitution, and had to earn his bread by breaking stones on the highway. Most of his publications (from 30 to 40 in all) were produced after that period. The two works in which we are interested are:— (1) Hymns and Spiritual Songs. In Three Books. 1759. (2) A New Version of the whole of the Book of Psalms in Metre; by James Maxwell, S. D. P. [Student of Divine Poetry.] Glasgow, 1773. From the former of these the following hymns are in common use:— 1. All glory to t… Go to person page >

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First Line: How shall I my Savior set forth?
Title: How Shall I My Savior Set Forth?
Author: James Maxwell
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O wonderful love!
Copyright: Public Domain

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The Cyber Hymnal #10469
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A Baptist Hymn Book, Designed Especially for the Regular Baptist Church and All Lovers of Truth #d320

A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d142

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #659

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A New Selection of Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #672

A Selection of Hymns #d132

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #d101

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #151

A Selection of Hymns, from Various Authors #d166

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A Selection of Hymns #CLI

Christian Hymns #254

Christian Hymns #332

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Evangelical Hymns #84

Great Songs of the Church #d103

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Great Songs of the Church #92

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Hymns for Christian Melody #234

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Hymns of the Church Militant #382

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Hymns of Worship #163

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #520

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #520

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #831

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New Select Hymns #62

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Pocket Hymns #73

Popular Hymns, revised #240

Primitive Baptist Hymn Book for All Lovers of Sacred Song. 3rd ed. #d90

Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 4th ed. #d85

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (14th stereotype ed.) #S95

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Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Original and Selected. (7th ed.) #S440

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Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #S95

Select Hymns #d83

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Select Hymns, The Third Part of Christian Psalmody. 3rd ed. #aa81

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Select Hymns #81

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Songs of Rejoicing #83

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The Christian Harmonist #118

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The Christian Hymn Book #659

The Christian Hymnal #d291

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The Christian Hymnal #510

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The Christian hymnal #547

The Christian Psalmist #d287

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CXXI

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The Cyber Hymnal #10469

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The Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church #74

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The Lord's Songs #CLXXVI

The Primitive Hymns #d250

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #869

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The Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs of the Rev. Isaac Watts, D. D. #D81

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The Standard Church Hymnal #107

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The Voice of Joy #147b

Two Hundred and Fifty-two Familiar Hymns #d76

Village Hymns #66

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #66

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Village hymns for social worship, selected and original #66

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Village Hymns for Social Worship, Selected and Original #66

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