Were it Not for Grace

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    

    

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             
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
        
    
   
 
Time meas - ured out my days, life car - ried me a - long;

     
             
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   
  


  
 
 
   
 
   

 

          

In my soul I yearned___ to fol - low God, but knew I'd nev - er be so

                  
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        

         
       
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
     
         

      
just to end where I be - gan where hu - man ef - fort is all in vain.

          

          

    
Were it not for grace, I can tell you where I'd

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 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
  
  
  
           
      
 
 
be wan - d'ring down some point - less road___ to no where,
- with my sal -

                   
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 

 

  
    
  
 
 
     
  

 
  
va - tion up to me. I know how that would go, the bat - tles I would
 
                    
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 

     
     
face: for - ev - er run - ning but los - ing the race, were it not for

 
          
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
         
   
    
grace. So here is all my praise, ex - pressed with all

     
       
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      

 
  
   
    
      


my heart; Of -fered to a friend who tookmy place and ran the

                     
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
    
  
  
      
   

       
      


  
course I could not start. And when He saw in full just how much His love would

                   
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             
        
         

  
cost, He still went the fi - nal mile be - tween me and heav -en so I would not be

      
   
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       
       
   
lost. Were it not for grace___________________ I can tell you

        
             
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
 

          
where I'd be______ wan - d'ring down some point - less road to

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                  
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

 

           

 


   
no - where with my sal - va - tion up to me. I know how that would
                2 
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 

  

 
     4  

    
go______________________ the bat - tles I would face____________________

                

 

           
    
for - ev - er run - ning, but los - ing the race, were it not for


                
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
 

           

grace.__________________ For - ev - er run - ning but los - ing the

    
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
   

rit.

  

   
.
race, were it not for grace.