When I First Found My Savior

Nay, years of effort could not tell,

Of all the wondrous light that fell

Within my narrow, earthly cell,

     When I first found my savior.

A brighter world sped to my view,

A nobler people, good and true,

A nobler work for me to do,

     When I first found my savior.

I was adrift upon a sea

Of storm and doubt and misery;

I had no star to pilot me,

     Before I found my savior.

But now, O now, how bright the day!

No darkness fills my soul today;

My life illumed by Heaven’s ray,

     Since I have found my savior.

Nov. 12, ‘92