There’s a Sweet and Blessèd Story

There’s a sweet and bless­èd sto­ry

Of the Christ who came from glo­ry

Just to res­cue me from sin and mi­se­ry.

He in lov­ing­kind­ness sought me

And from sin and shame hath brought me.

Hallelujah! Je­sus ran­somed me.

Hallelujah

what a Sav­ior

Who can take a poor lost sin­ner

Lift him from the mi­ry clay and set him free!

I will ev­er tell the sto­ry

Shouting

Glo­ry

glo­ry

glo­ry!

Hallelujah! Je­sus ran­somed me.

From the depth of sin and sad­ness

To the heights of joy and glad­ness

Jesus lift­ed me

in mer­cy full and free.

With His pre­cious blood He bought me;

When I knew Him not

He sought me

And in love di­vine He ran­somed me.

From the throne of heav’n­ly glo­ry

O the sweet and bless­èd sto­ry

Jesus came to lift the lost in sin and woe

Into li­ber­ty all glo­ri­ous

Trophies of His grace vic­tor­ious

Evermore re­joic­ing here be­low.

By and by with joy in­creas­ing

And with gra­ti­tude un­ceas­ing

Lifted up with Christ for­ev­er­more to be

I will join the hosts there sing­ing

In the an­them ev­er ring­ing

To the King of Love

who ran­somed me.