Cântăre Gift So Great

1. Jesus died on a cross—oh, what awful cost!—

That He might from sin’s blight save us, sinners lost;

Harken, soul, hear Him call, open wide the door,

Taste and see love so free, yours forevermore;

Still He waits patiently, pleading one more time:

Now believe, now receive saving grace sublime.



2. In this world we will have burdens hard to bear:

Jesus came cares to claim, and our sorrows share;

Weary soul, come to Christ, give Him all your woes—

In Him find peace of mind, rest, relief, repose;

When the waves, tossing wild, seem to speak an end,

There, until "Peace, be still," faithful stands a Friend.



3. Sinful soul, idle not, time is passing by,

Be not blind, sin will bind tighter and for aye;

Ere thy heart harder grows, won’t you heed the call?

Won’t you choose? Don’t refuse mercy free for all;

Savior sent, still He stands, sacrifice from Heav’n,

Gift so great—do not wait, come and be forgiv’n.



4. Lord, I come, come to Thee, bringing all my sin,

Thou alone can atone, wash me white within;

Sin’s desires I have fed I do now forsake,

Satan’s hold, though of old, I would ever break;

This I cry, hopeful, and, as I cross the line,

Set my will; Thou fulfill, save and make me Thine.