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Christ is the One who calls

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Christ is the One who calls,

the One who loved and came,

to whom by right it falls

to bear the highest name:

and still today

our hearts are stirred

to hear His word

and walk His way.



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Christ is the One who seeks,

to whom our souls are known.

The word of love He speaks

can wake a heart of stone;

for at that sound

the blind can see,

the slave is free,

the lost are found.



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Christ is the One who died, 

for saken and betrayed;

who, mocked and crucified,

the price of pardon paid.

Our dying Lord, 

what grief and loss,

what bitter cross

our souls restored!



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Christ is the One who rose

in glory from the grave,

to share His life with those

whom once He died to save.

He drew death's sting

and broke its chains,

who lives and reigns

our risen King.



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Christ is the One who sends,

His story to declare;

who calls His servants friends

and gives them news to share.

His truth proclaim

in all the earth,

His matchless worth

and saving name. 

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