John C.
O'Hair
When I Say Good-bye
When to this world I say good-bye
Whether Christ shall come or I shall
die
I shall not fear my future state,
Nor yet resign myself to fate;
'Tis neither boast nor carnal pride
Nor natural worth I have inside;
My trust is not in human creeds
Nor in my good religious deeds.
If man by works could heaven gain
Then it is true, Christ died in vain
There was no power on earth could save
Nor offer hope beyond the grave.
Salvation is from heaven above;
God's Book declares that God is love.
God loved the world and sent His Son
It was God's own redemption plan
On Calvary's cross the debt was paid
For there on Christ our sins were laid
In death the Savior bowed His head;
There His precious blood was shed.
When Christ had put our sins away
In Joseph's tomb His body lay.
But on the third day Christ arose
Thereby to conquer all His foes.
Then He ascended through the sky
To take His Father's throne on high;
Now in the Father's presence there
Unceasing is the Savior's prayer.
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