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Words: Erdmann Neumeister, Evangelischer Nachklang (Hamburg, Germany: 1718). He based this hymn on his sermon which began "Jesus nimmt die Snnder an! Saget doch dies Trostwort allen." Emma Frances Bevan translated the hymn from German to English in her Songs of Eternal Life (London: 1858).
Music: "Neumeister," James McGranahan, The Gospel Male Choir (Cincinnati, Ohio: The John Church Co., 1883)
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Sinners Jesus will receive;
Sound this word of grace to all
Who the heavenly pathway leave,
All who linger, all who fall.
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Sing it o'er and over again;
Christ receiveth sinful men;
Make the message clear and plain:
Christ receiveth sinful men.
Come, and He will give you rest;
Trust Him, for His Word is plain;
He will take the sinfulest;
Christ receiveth sinful men.
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Now my heart condemns me not,
Pure before the law I stand;
He who cleansed me from all spot,
Satisfied its last demand.
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Christ receiveth sinful men,
Even me with all my sin;
Purged from every spot and stain,
Heaven with Him I enter in.
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