I ONCE despised and scorned the name

I walked in bondage to the ways Of this lost world below, And spent my strength and passing days In selfishness and show.

Now in His Word my soul has found All knowledge, truth and light; Diffusing all my wondering mind With unsurpassed delight.

Secure in Christ, He keeps me by A living stream of grace, And turns the sorest trial or sigh To fruitfulness and peace.

Without His pardoning love would I No place in Heaven find, But be condemned, at death, to fly As chaff before the wind.

I’ll trust His never-failing love Who knows and keeps His own; He guards my way to realms above And watches from His throne.