ASK AND RECEIVE | AdventAI

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jan 27, 1898

ASK AND RECEIVE.

When the Christ, my Lord, hung dying, Dying on the shameful tree, Men in all their madness mocked Him; Yet no word at all said He. But when at His side a sinner, Hanging there in shame to die, Pleading, sought His loving favor, Swiftly came love’s glad reply.

“When Thou comest to Thy kingdom, Lord,” he cried, “remember me.” “Yea, most truly,” Jesus answered, “In My kingdom thou shalt be.”

Was not this most wondrous pity, So to bless a dying thief; E’en amid His own deep anguish, Thus to give a soul relief?

Tell it in the highest heaven, Tell it in the depths below, Tell it to the lost and outcast, Tell it in the haunts of wo, To the very chief of sinners Let the blessed tidings go: He who asks a Saviour’s mercy Shall the Saviour’s mercy know.

—British Weekly.