When the Burden Bearer Came

On a de­sert wild and lone­ly

Where no hope I dared to claim

I was trou­bled

sad and lone­ly

When the Bur­den Bear­er came.

Christ the Bur­den Bear­er came

Hallelujah to His name!

All my sins He rolled away

Now re­joic­ing ev­ery day

I am trust­ing in the Sav­ior’s pre­cious love.

On a de­sert wild and lone­ly

How He gent­ly said to me

I have pur­chased thy sal­va­tion

I have borne the cross for thee.

Praise to Him whose grace re­deemed me

From the death that nev­er dies;

I shall tell the bless­èd sto­ry

When I meet Him in the skies.