Years I Spent In Vanity

Words:
William R. Newell
Music:
D. B. Toner

Sheet music

  1. 1Years I spent in vanity and pride,Caring not my Lord was crucified,Knowing not it was for me He died on Calvary.Mercy there was great, and grace was free;Pardon there was multiplied to me;There my burdened soul found liberty, At Calvary.
  2. 2By God’s Word at last my sin I learned;Then I trembled at the law I’d spurned,Till my guilty soul imploring turned to Calvary.Mercy there was great, and grace was free;Pardon there was multiplied to me;There my burdened soul found liberty, At Calvary.
  3. 3Now I’ve giv’n to Jesus everything;Now I gladly own Him as my King;Now my raptured soul can only sing of Calvary.Mercy there was great, and grace was free;Pardon there was multiplied to me;There my burdened soul found liberty, At Calvary.
  4. 4Oh, the love that drew salvation’s plan!Oh, the grace that brought it down to man!Oh, the mighty gulf that God did span at Calvary!Mercy there was great, and grace was free;Pardon there was multiplied to me;There my burdened soul found liberty, At Calvary.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1895, the words are in 245 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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