You take the place of being a sinner saved by grace,
One, by His grace, entitled to fill a heavenly place;
Made meet, e’en now to enter those courts of light above,
Where all the ransomed people will know the Savior’s love.
You claim to be accepted In God’s beloved Son,
And joyfully acclaim Him the heaven’s Beloved One.
You say you are forgiven, are saved and Justified,
And waiting for the moment when you’ll be glorified;
The death of Christ has severed the ties that bound you here,
And now your hopes are centered within a brighter sphere;
That, by the Holy Spirit, you’re linked with Christ above,
A member of His body, an object of His love.
These things are true and certain of one who knows the Lord,
For we behold them written in His most holy Word.
But what about your motives, your habits and your ways?
And how are you devoting your hours and your days?
Is Christ the One you live for, as time goes quickly by,
The Christ of God who suffered, who lives for you on high?
Has this poor world an object that you would seek to gain,
For which you spend your talent, and labor, might and main?
Its riches, with its pleasures, and all its glories, too,
Should never be the object for such an, one as you.
Your high and holy calling, your blessings and your birth,
Make you an heir of heaven—no citizen of earth.
Your hopes, and aims, and motives, your words and actions, too,
Should prove to others ‘round you that you to Christ are true.
Then let your light shine brightly in this dark world of woe,
And speak of Him to others as through this world you go.
Be loyal, true and faithful, yea, in His strength be strong,
And show to saint and sinner, that you to Christ belong.
Lay all upon His altar—yourself, your wealth, your all—
With joyful expectation await the Master’s call.
And, when In heavenly glory you see Him face to face,
Through those eternal ages you’ll praise Him for His grace;
You’ll cast your crowns before Him, and loud His grace extol!,
He then will be your Portion, the Object of your soul.