A Sinner Like Me

I was once far away from the Sav­ior

And as vile as a sin­ner could be

I won­dered if Christ the Re­deem­er

Could save a poor sin­ner like me.

I wan­dered on in the dark­ness

Not a ray of light I could see

And the thought filled my heart with sad­ness

There’s no help for a sin­ner like me.

And then

in that dark

lone­ly hour

A voice sweet­ly whis­pered to me

Saying Christ the Re­deem­er has pow­er

To save a poor sin­ner like me.

I list­ened

and lo! ’twas the Sav­ior

That was speak­ing so kind­ly to me;

I cried

I’m the chief of sin­ners;

Oh

save a poor sin­ner like me.

I then ful­ly trust­ed in Je­sus;

And oh

what a joy came to me:

My heart was filled with His prais­es

For saving a sin­ner like me.

No longer in dark­ness I’m walk­ing

For the light is now shin­ing on me;

And now un­to oth­ers I’m tell­ing

How He saved a poor sin­ner like me.

And when life’s jour­ney is over

And I the dear Sav­ior shall see

I’ll praise Him for­ev­er and ev­er

For sav­ing a sin­ner like me.