Christ Rescued Me

My lov­ing Lord in sym­pa­thy

With ten­der­est love came un­to me;

And from the depths of mi­se­ry

With His own hands He lift­ed me.

With His own hands He lift­ed me

With nail pierced hands He set me free;

From depths of sin and mi­se­ry

With blood stained hands Christ res­cued me.

So long had I been bound by sin

So deep­ly dyed

with­out

with­in

And vain all bet­ter life had been

Till Je­sus’ touch had made me clean.

Yes

out of dark­ness in­to light

And out of weak­ness in­to might

Then out of blind­ness in­to sight

With nail pierced hands He set me free.

Ah! sweet in­deed it is to sing

The prais­es of my Lord and king

Who ev­en down to me did bring

The song of love and vic­to­ry.

O hal­le­luj­ah! praise His name

My bless­èd Lord

al­ways the same;

The lov­ing One

who bore my shame

And with His life blood res­cued me.