O I have got good news for you!
A story won­der­ful and true;
’Twill make you hap­py, that I know,
It made me glad, and now I go—

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To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song,
To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song,
To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song,
With the hap­py saints above.

I once was far away from God,
On ruin’s dark and fa­tal road,
And lit­tle dreamed I’d see the day
That I should tread the nar­row way—

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O’er this wild waste I loved to roam,
My back to God and Heav’n and home,
When Je­sus met me far as­tray,
And beck­oned me to come away—

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He said on Cal­va­ry’s cross He died,
A sac­ri­fice for sin was made,
And all be­cause He loved me so;
Then how I could do else than go—

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Now ev­ery­one that’s stand­ing by
O ’twas for you the Christ did die!
This moment, too, He waits for thee,
Then just be­lieve and you’ll be free—

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Whene’er the re­cord you be­lieve,
You life eter­nal shall receive,
And soon from pain and sor­row free
You’ll join that glo­ri­ous com­pa­ny—

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