I Was There When It Happened

You ask me how I know that Je­sus saves me

How I know that all my sins are white as snow;

You ask me how I know that He for­gave me;

Now list­en

I must tell you how I know.

I was there when it hap­pened

And I ought to know;

His Spir­it burn­ing in me

set my heart aglow;

So I praise the Lord to­day

He has washed my sins away;

I was there when it hap­pened

And I ought to know.

You ask me how I know that He re­deemed me;

And how I re­ceived the peace no gold can buy;

How from the guilt and pow­er of sin He saved me

Made me an heir to man­sions in the sky.

And now

as thru the world I go re­joic­ing

I am tell­ing what a Sav­ior dwells with­in;

How I plunged in­to the cleans­ing

crim­son fount­ain

And Je­sus washed my soul from ev­ery sin.