John 3
Salvation! what a precious word!
Salvation! what a theme!
It casts across the sinner’s path
A radiant, heavenly beam!
However cheerless, dark, and sad,
The path before he trod,
Salvation conies with blissful rays,
And lights the soul to God.
Salvation is the precious boon
Of love divine to man;
Salvation is the grand result
Of God’s redemption plan.
It finds the sinner far from God,
And brings him very nigh;
It finds him full of sin and shame,
And makes him full of joy.
Salvation is the song on earth,
Of all who love the Lord;
Salvation is the theme of heaven,
Its fullest, sweetest chord.
The Saviour bids the sinner come,
And join the glorious strain;
Rest in the Saviour’s precious love,
And light and joy obtain.
ML 05/22/1938