Sweeter as the Years Go By

Lelia Naylor Morris, 1912 Lelia Naylor Morris

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1. Of Je - sus’ love that sought me, when I was lost in sin; Of won-drous grace that
2. He trod in old Ju - de - a life’s path-way long a - go; The peo - ple thronged a-
3. ’Twas won-drous love which led Him for us to suf - fer loss, To bear with - out a

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brought me back to His fold a - gain; Of heights and depths of mer - cy, far
- bout Him, His sav - ing grace to know; He healed the brok - en heart - ed, and

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mur - mur the ang - uish of the cross; With saints re - deemed in glor - y, let

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deep - er than the sea, And high - er than the hea - vens, my theme shall ev - er
caused the blind to see; And still His great heart yearn - eth in love for e - ven

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us our voic - es raise, Till Heav’n and earth re - e - cho with our Re - deem - er’s

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me. Swee - ter as the years go by, sweet - er as the years go by,
praise. Sweet - er as the years go by, ’Tis sweet - er as the years go by;

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Rich-er, full-er, deep-er, Je - sus’ love is sweet-er, Sweet-er as the years go by.

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