If I gained the world, but lost the Savior
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If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Were my life worth living for a day? Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort In the things that soon must pass away? If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife? Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing For a moment with a Christ-filled life? |
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Had I wealth and love in fullest measure, And a name revered both far and near, Yet no hope beyond, no harbor waiting, Where my storm-tossed vessel I could steer; If I gained the world, but lost the Savior, Who endured the cross and died for me, Could then all the world afford a refuge, Whither, in my anguish, I might flee? |
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O what emptiness!—without the Savior ’Mid the sins and sorrows here below! And eternity, how dark without Him! Only night and tears and endless woe! What, though I might live without the Savior, When I come to die, how would it be? O to face the valley’s gloom without Him! And without Him all eternity! |
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O the joy of having all in Jesus! What a balm the broken heart to heal! Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it, Nor a sorrow that He does not feel! If I have but Jesus, only Jesus, Nothing else in all the world beside— O then everything is mine in Jesus; For my needs and more He will provide. |
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Austin, TX, United States
"For whoever wants to save his soul-life shall lose it; but whoever loses his soul-life for My sake, this one shall save it. For what is a man profited if he gains the whole world but loses or forfeits himself?" (Luke 9:24-25)
United States
O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus,
Nothing else in all the world beside—
O then everything is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more He will provide!
Irvine, CA, United States
O then everything is mine in Jesus; for my needs and more He will provide!
Irvine, CA, United States
O the joy of having all in Jesus!
Irvine, CA, United States
O the joy of having all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne’er a sin so great, but He’ll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
Auckland, New Zealand
My prayer was Lord let me gain you everyday and let me see their is nothing to gain in the world
Wellington, New Zealand
Verse 3 is very touching! It mentions "without the Savior" or "without Him" 5 times. Can you imagine all eternity in darkness without Him? What a mercy we have Him! This song makes me want to be saved again and again and this is exactly what we are experiencing today. Rom 5:10 says "If we... were reconciled to God... much more we shall be saved in His life."
Eph 3:17 says "That Christ may make His home in your hearts."
There are so many empty rooms in our heart, that is our mind, emotion and will. Rooms that are "without the Savior." Rooms that Christ wants to make home. Our real need today is for Christ to make His home in every part or our heart!
Auckland, New Zealand
"He heals the brokenhearted / And binds up their wounds." (Psalms 147:3)
Lord anoint us with the balm that is Yourself, O to even heal our broken heart!
Auckland, New Zealand
It's great to have Jesus. Even if we earned the world but lost the savior, will we have anything to save ourselves with from the world!
Auckland, New Zealand
If I gained the world but lost the saviour! What emptiness! Everything on this earth will surely pass away, but the word of God will remain. We should set our minds on the things which are above!