When time seems short, and death is near. And I am pressed by doubt and fear, And sins, an overflowing tide, Assail my peace on every side, This thought my refuge still shall be, I know my Saviour died for me. His name is Jesus, and He died For guilty sinners crucified; Content to die, that He might win Their ransom from the death of sin. No sinner worse than I can be, Therefore I know He died for me. If grace were bought, I could not buy; If grace were coined, no wealth have I: By grace alone I draw my breath, Held up from everlasting death. Yet since I know His grace is free, I know the Saviour died for me. I read God's holy Word, and find Great truths, which far transcend my mind; And little do I know beside, Of thought so high and deep and wide. This is my best theology, I know the Saviour died for me. My faith is weak, but 'tis Thy gift; Thou canst my helpless soul uplift, And say, "Thy bonds of death are riven, Thy sins by Me are all forgiven, And thou shalt live, from guilt set free; For I, thy Saviour, died for thee." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SEA GODS: 3 by HILDA DOOLITTLE MODERN LOVE: 30 by GEORGE MEREDITH THE WALKER OF THE SNOW by CHARLES DAWSON SHANLY THE BARTHOLDI STATUE by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER BEAUTY by WILLIMINA L. ARMSTRONG EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 24. COMPLIANCE IN LOVE by PHILIP AYRES IN MEMORIAM, A.H. by MAURICE BARING |