A MESSAGE came from heaven,
To cheer my heart one day;
It set the joy-bells ringing,
And chased my gloom away.
‘Twas in the good old Bible,
John’s gospel, chapter three,
Verse sixteen I discovered,
Was written there for me.
I read the wondrous story
How God in heaven high,
So loved a world of sinners
He sent His Son to die;
And that word “Whosoever”,
Believing I could see,
Though meant for everybody,
Was mostly meant for me.