Dawning Love

God so loved the world of sin­ners

That His on­ly Son He gave;

Whosoe’er in Him be­liev­eth

Everlasting life shall have.

Bright and glo­ri­ous was the dawn­ing

Of His love with­in my heart

When I joined the ran­somed ar­my

And of Christ be­came a part;

When I joined the ran­somed ar­my

And of Christ be­came a part.

He was bruised for my trans­gress­ions

By His stripes my soul is healed;

And the gen­tle

lov­ing Shep­herd

In His blood my par­don sealed.

All my guil­ty past lies bur­ied

In the deep­est depths of sea;

God my sins no more re­mem­bers;

Christ

my king

hath made me free.

Fled our sigh­ing

night and sor­row;

Joy and glad­ness now I know;

In my mas­ter’s name I tri­umph

O’er my soul’s most bit­ter foe.