Good News for You

O I have got good news for you!

A story won­der­ful and true;

’Twill make you hap­py

that I know

It made me glad

and now I go—

To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song

To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song

To sing my great Re­deem­er’s song

With the hap­py saints above.

I once was far away from God

On ruin’s dark and fa­tal road

And lit­tle dreamed I’d see the day

That I should tread the nar­row way—

O’er this wild waste I loved to roam

My back to God and Heav’n and home

When Je­sus met me far as­tray

And beck­oned me to come away—

He said on Cal­va­ry’s cross He died

A sac­ri­fice for sin was made

And all be­cause He loved me so;

Then how I could do else than go—

Now ev­ery­one that’s stand­ing by

O ’twas for you the Christ did die!

This moment

too

He waits for thee

Then just be­lieve and you’ll be free—

Whene’er the re­cord you be­lieve

You life eter­nal shall receive

And soon from pain and sor­row free

You’ll join that glo­ri­ous com­pa­ny—