The Songs the Founder Loved
From Sawiki
I'll sing the songs that he loved best;
`He sets the prisoner free';
I've heard him sing above the rest:
'His Blood avails for me.'
And then he would repeat again:
`A Fountain filled with Blood,'
And cry aloud the glad refrain,
'Behold! ... the Lamb of God.'
He made the streets and slums resound
With 'Better World, they say';
And now that Country he has found
Where sin is done away.
`When I survey the wondrous cross'-
This to his heart was dear;
`My richest gain I count but loss,'
He sang it everywhere.
`Though waves and storms go o'er my head,'
He cried when Hell assailed;
`Though joys be withered all and dead,'
Thy mercy ne'er has failed.
`Fixed on this ground will I remain,'
Thou hover of my soul;
`This anchor shall my soul sustain'
When angrv billows roll.
`The arms of love,' I've heard him say,
`Would all mankind embrace';
`Let all men know,' he oft would pray,
`The riches of His grace.'
And then he'd call on all to sing,
`Let angels prostrate fall,'
And make the largest building ring
With ` Crown Him Lord of all!'
