John Newton 7,7,7,7 It is good to be here. Let me dwell on Golgotha, Weep and love my life away! While I see him on the tree Weep and bleed, and die for me! That dear blood, for sinners spilt, Shows my sin in all its guilt: Ah, my soul, he bore thy load, Thou hast slain the Lamb of GOD. Hark! his dying words; "Forgive, Father, let the sinner live; Sinner, wipe thy tears away, I thy ransom freely pay." While I hear this grace revealed, And obtain a pardon sealed; All my lost affections move, Wakened by the force of love. Farewell world, thy gold is dross, Now I see the bleeding cross; JESUS died to set me free From the law, and sin, and thee! He has dearly bought my soul LORD, accept, and claim the whole! To thy will I all resign, Now, no more my own, but thine. |