O Boundless Salvation

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Songwriter/Composer/Translator William Booth

  E            A
O boundless salvation
     E  D       A
Deep o--cean of love
  B          D
O fulness of mercy
       F#m           Am
Christ brought from above
    C#m           Ab7 
The whole world redeeming
   A           F#
So rich and so free
    E               B
Now flowing for all men
    D           A
Now flowing for all men
    F#m         E   D  
Now flowing for all men
      E    B    E
Come, roll over me

My sins they are many
Their stains are so deep
And bitter the tears
Of remorse that I weep
But useless is weeping
Thou great crimson sea
Thy waters can cleanse me
Come, roll over me

My tempers are fitful
My passions are strong
They bind my poor soul
And they force me to wrong
Beneath thy blest billows
Deliverance I see
O come, mighty ocean
And roll over me

Now tossed with temptation
Then haunted with fears
My life has been joyless
And useless for years
I feel something better
Most surely would be
If once thy pure waters
Would roll over me

O ocean of mercy
Oft longing I've stood
On the brink of thy wonderful
Life-giving flood
Once more I have reached
This soul-cleansing sea
I will not go back
Till it rolls over me

The tide is now flowing
I'm touching the wave
I hear the loud call of
The mighty to save
My faith's growing bolder
Delivered I'll be
I plunge ‘neath the waters
They roll over me

And now, hallelujah!
The rest of my days
Shall gladly be spent
In promoting his praise
Who opened his bosom
To pour out this sea
Of boundless salvation
For you and for me