I Bless the Christ of God (EN 1898)

EN 1898

I Bless the Christ of God

Ps.145.2

I bless the Christ of God, I rest on love divine,

And with unfaltering lip and heart, I call the Savior mine.

His cross dispels each doubt; I bury in His tomb

Each thought of unbelief and fear,

Each lingering shade of gloom.

I praise the God of peace, I trust His truth and might;

He calls me His, I call Him mine, My God, my Joy, my Light.

In Him is only good, in me is only ill;

My ill but draws His goodness forth,

And me He loveth still.

’Tis He Who saveth me, and freely pardon gives;

I love because He loveth me; I live because He lives;

My life with Him is hid, my death has passed away,

My clouds have melted into light,

My midnight into day.