The words
Stanza 1. Saved by blood I live to tell,What the love of CHRIST hath done;He redeemed my soul from hell,Of a rebel made a son:O, I tremble still, to thinkHow secure I lived in sin;Sporting on destruction’s brink,Yet preserved from falling in.
Stanza 2. In his own appointed hour,To my heart the Savior spoke,Touched me by his Spirit’s pow’r,And my dang’rous slumber broke.Then I saw and owned my guilt,Soon my gracious LORD replied;“Fear not, I my blood have spilt,’Twas for such as thee I died.”
Stanza 3. Shame and wonder, joy and love,All at once possessed my heart;Can I hope thy grace to prove,After acting such a part?“Thou hast greatly sinned, he said,But I freely all forgive;I myself thy debt have paid,Now I bid thee rise and live.”
Stanza 4. Come, my fellow–sinners, try,JESUS’ heart is full of love;Oh that you, as well as I,May his wondrous mercy prove!He has sent me to declare,All is ready, all is free;Why should any soul despair,When he saved a wretch like me?
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 54. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-54
