THIS SAME JESUS by Francis Ridley Havergal

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, Cal. · May 18, 1882

"THIS SAME JESUS"

By Francis Ridley Havergal

THIS same Jesus! Oh, how sweetly Fall those words upon the ear, Like a swell of far-off music, In the night-watch still and drear.

He who healed the helpless leper; He who dried the widow’s tear; He who changed to health and gladness Helpless suffering, trembling fear;

He who wandered poor and homeless, By the stormy Galilee; He who, on the night-robed mountain, Bent in prayer the wearied knee;

He who gently called the weary, “Come, and I will give you rest!” He who loved the little children, Took them in his arms and blessed;

“This same Jesus!” When the vision Of that last and awful day Bursts upon the prostrate spirit Like a midnight lightning ray;

Then we lift our hearts, adoring “This same Jesus,” loved and known— Him, our own most gracious Saviour— Seated on the great white throne.

For this word, O Lord, we bless thee; Bless our Master’s changeless name; Yesterday, to-day, forever, Jesus Christ is still the same. —Francis Ridley Havergal.