There Is Life for a Look

There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One

There is life at this mo­ment for thee;

Then look

sin­ner

look unto Him

and be saved

Unto Him who was nailed to the tree.

Look! look! look and live!

There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One

There is life at this mo­ment for thee.

Oh

why was He there as the bear­er of sin

If on Je­sus thy guilt was not laid?

Oh

why from His side flowed the sin-cleans­ing blood

If His dy­ing thy debt has not paid?

It is not thy tears of re­pent­ance or pray­ers

But the blood

that atones for the soul;

On Him

then

who shed it

thou may­est at once

Thy weight of ini­qui­ties roll.

His ang­uish of soul on the cross hast thou seen?

His cry of dis­tress hast thou heard?

Then why

if the ter­rors of wrath He en­dured

Should par­don to thee be de­ferred?

Then doubt not thy wel­come

since God has de­clared

There re­main­eth no more to be done;

That once in the end of the world He ap­peared

And com­plet­ed the work He be­gun.

Then take with re­joic­ing from Je­sus at once

The life ev­er­last­ing He gives;

And know with as­sur­ance thou nev­er canst die

Since Je­sus

thy right­eous­ness

lives.

There is life for a look at the cru­ci­fied One

There is life at this mo­ment for thee;

Then look

sin­ner

look un­to Him

and be saved

And know thy­self spot­less as He.