“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 5:13).
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 5:24).
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. 3:26).
Ended now is all my strife,
My blest Shepherd died to give
To His sheep eternal life,
That life is mine (John 10:11, 18).
Christ, the eternal Son of God,
Christ, the ever-living Word (1 John 1:1).
He Himself became my food,
And life is mine (John 6:51).
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