"He Lifted Me"
Music & Lyrics: Charles H. Gabriel, 1905 In loving-kindness Jesus came, My soul in mercy to reclaim, And from the depths of sin and shame Through grace He lifted me. He called me long before I heard, Before my sinful heart was stirred, But when I took Him at His word, Forgiven, He lifted me. His brow was pierced with many a thorn, His hands by cruel nails were torn, When from my guilt and grief, forlorn, In love He lifted me. Now on a higher plane I dwell, And with my soul I know 'tis well; Yet how or why, I cannot tell, He should have lifted me. Refrain: From sinking sand He lifted me, With tender hand He lifted me; From shades of night to plains of light, Oh, praise His Name, He lifted me! |