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Life Now Is Mine.

From: Echoes of Mercy: Volume 6 (1896)

“These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God, that ye may know that ye have eternal life” (t John 5:13¹³And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. (John 5:13)).

ONCE my soul had been distrest,

By the weight of sin opprest,—

Now on God’s own word I rest,

That life is mine (John 5:24²⁴Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24)).

Sin’s just wages were my dread,

Till I saw the Lamb’s blood shed —

Jesus, dying in my stead,

Life now is mine (t Pet. 1:18, 19).

God, though just, can justify

All who on His Son rely;

Ne’er can I be doomed to die,

For life is mine (Rom. 3:26²⁶To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus. (Romans 3:26)).

Ended now is all my strife,

My blest Shepherd died to give

To His sheep eternal life,

That life is mine (John 10:11, 18¹¹I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. (John 10:11)
¹⁸No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. (John 10:18)).

Christ, the eternal Son of God,

Christ, the ever-living Word (1 John 1:1¹That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life; (1 John 1:1)).

He Himself became my food,

And life is mine (John 6:51⁵¹I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world. (John 6:51)).

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• Human Soul; Its Value., A

• "I Am Going to Jesus."

• "I Am Vile."

• "I Think God, I Can Die Happy."

• "Is not This a Brand Plucked out of the Fire?"

• Life Now Is Mine.

• Lifeboat Disaster at Kingstown., The

• Make Haste!

• "Mighty to Save"

• "Mother! Jesus Christ Has Saved Me."

• "My Word Shall not Return to me Void."

• "No Sir, I Wish it was;" or, the Work That Saves.

• No Time to Prepare.

• "Not Fit to Die."

• Not Hungry.

• "Nothing That Requires Settling."

• Old Lady's Mistake., The

• On the Danger List.

• One That I Know.

• Party of Card Players., A

• Perfect One., The

• Prayer Meeting and the Theater., The

• "Prepare to Meet Thy God."

• Rest, Home, Joy.

• Sandwich Man's Confession., The

• Sinner and the Saviour., The

• Solemn Night; a Joyful Morning., A

• Solemn Warning., A

• Sudden Call., A