Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead.
Philippians 3:13
Words & Music: Haldor Lillenas, 1919 (🔊 pdf nwc).
I remember when the Lord spoke to my soul,
I could feel the heavy burden from me roll
When He spoke the gracious words,
Wilt thou be whole?
Then I settled the question forever.
Refrain
I have settled the question, hallelujah!
I will never turn back from the narrow way.
I am going through with Jesus, hallelujah!
Till I reach the gates of glory some sweet day.
I no longer walk the ways of sinfulness,
But I daily tread the paths of righteousness
Since the day the Lord has come
My life to bless
I have settled the question forever.
Refrain
I will choose the holy joys that always last,
And reject sin’s pleasures that will soon be past,
To the treasures of true worth I’m holding fast,
I have settled the question forever.
Refrain
Others may deny the Lord and live in sin,
But the race that I have entered I must win,
Through the pearly gates I mean to enter in,
I have settled the question forever.
Refrain