Saved By Grace

(Fanny Crosby - found here)

“[This] hymn was called into being through a sermon preached by Dr. Howard Crosby, who was a distant relative and dear friend of mine. He said that no Christian should fear death, for if each of us was faithful to the grace given us by Christ, the same grace that teaches us how to live would also teach us how to die.”

“I call it my soul’s poem. Sometimes when I am troubled, I repeat it to myself, for it brings comfort to my heart.”

~Fanny Crosby

Saved By Grace

Some day the silver cord will break,

And I no more as now shall sing;

But oh, the joy when I shall wake

Within the palace of the King!

Refrain:

And I shall see Him face to face,

And tell the story—Saved by grace;

And I shall see Him face to face,

And tell the story—Saved by grace.

Some day my earthly house will fall.

I cannot tell how soon ’twill be;

But this I know—my All in All

Has now a place in Heav’n for me.

Refrain

Some day, when fades the golden sun

Beneath the rosy tinted west,

My blessèd Lord will say, “Well done!”

And I shall enter into rest.

Refrain

Some day: till then I’ll watch and wait,

My lamp all trimmed and burning bright,

That when my Savior opens the gate,

My soul to Him may take its flight.

Refrain

~Words: Fanny Crosby & Music: George Steb­bins