“O What a Savior” is a Southern gospel song penned by the Free Will Baptist musician Marvin P. Dalton in 1948. “Hallelujah, What a Savior” uses the word to tie the cross with the triumph of the risen and reigning Lord. The first four verses tell the crucifixion story, that Jesus, the “spotless Lamb of God,” stood condemned in our place. He took on our sins for us, the “guilty, vile and helpless.” WHAT A SAVIOR, MAN OF SORROWS, or GETHSEMENE in hymnals today. The text is reproduced in The United Methodist Hymnal without modification from the original, save changes in punctuation. The Greek word, soter, is translated “savior” and means deliverer, preserver (Vine 322). In classical Greek the term was applied to mighty men or rulers. In the Bible, however, it is applied to either God the Father or to Jesus Christ.
Songs with Banjo from Harold Hagler
