The Home Circle by Dr. Bethune

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 15, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 36.

The Home Circle.

By Dr. Bethune

HE DIED FOR ME.

WHEN time seems short, and death is near, And I am pressed with doubt and fear, And sins, an overflowing tide, Assail my peace on every side, This thought my refuge still shall be, I know the Saviour died for me!

His name is Jesus, and he died— For guilty sinners crucified; Content to die that he might win Their ransom from the death of sin; No sinner worse than I, can be, Therefore I know he died for me.

If grace were bought, I could not buy; If grace were coined, no wealth have I; By grace alone I draw my breath, Held up from everlasting death. Yet since I know his grace is free, I know the Saviour died for me.

I read God's holy word, and find Great truths which far transcend my mind; And little do I know beside Of thought so high, so deep, and wide. This is my best theology, I know the Saviour died for me.

My faith is weak, but 'tis thy gift, My helpless soul by thee uplift; And say, "Thy bonds of death are riven, Thy sins, by me are all forgiven, And thou shalt live, from guilt set free, For I, thy Saviour, died for thee." —Dr. Bethune.