The Sinner’s Awakening

I’ve heard of a ci­ty

That’s far

far away

Where there is no dark­ness

But one cloud­less day;

The streets of that ci­ty

Are paved with pure gold;

The walls are of jas­per

And grand to be­hold;

Where Je­sus

the Sav­ior

Is King of all kings

Where an­gels re­joice

In the songs that they sing:

I heard the sweet sto­ry

Though far

far away

And tra­vel­ing the road

That had led me as­tray.

But in that lone dark­ness

I heard a voice say

Now list­en to Me

I’m the Life and the Way.

I stood in am­aze­ment

’Twas so new to me

I heard those sweet words

But no one could I see.

The voice spoke again

Listen to what it said:

Come

drink of My blood

And eat liv­ing Bread.

I was so am­azed I

Could not un­der­stand

Till one of God’s se­rvants

Expounded the plan.

He told of the Sav­ior

Who died on the tree

To save a poor sin­ner

A sin­ner like me;

I saw my con­di­tion

I saw my sad plight

I dropped on my knees

And I prayed for the light;

I rose from my knees

And the dark­ness was gone

The light of the Gos­pel

Most bright­ly now shone:

The dark­ness had fad­ed

Fore’er from my sight

And I un­der­stood now

That God was the light.

Then I was as hap­py

As hap­py could be

For I knew my Sav­ior

Had saved one like me;

Then why should I trou­ble

Or why long­er roam?

’Tis Je­sus

my Sav­ior

Prepares me a home.

And soon the dark clouds

Will roll back as a scroll

Revealing the ci­ty

Whose streets are of gold;

With shout­ing the saints shall

Ascend up on high

And dwell in those man­sions

Beyond the blue sky.