Hymns for the Living Church ‎#306

306. Once Far from God and Dead in Sin

1 Once far from God and dead in sin,
No light my heart could see,
But in God’s Word the light I found--
Now Christ liveth in me.

Refrain:
Christ liveth in me,
Christ liveth in me;
O what a salvation this--
That Christ liveth in me.

2 As rays of light from yonder sun,
The flow’rs of earth set free,
So life and light and love came forth
From Christ living in me. (Refrain)

3 As lives the flow’r within the seed,
As in the cone the tree,
So, praise the God of truth and grace,
His Spirit dwelleth in me. (Refrain)

4 With longing all my heart is filled
That like Him I may be,
As on the wondrous thought I dwell
That Christ liveth in me. (Refrain)

Text Information

• First Line: Once far from God and dead in sin
• Title: Once Far from God and Dead in Sin
• Author: Daniel W. Whittle (1891)
• Refrain First Line: Christ liveth in me
• Meter: C. M. Ref.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Galatians 2:20
• Topic: Christ: Ever-living; Testimony, Hymns of; Witness, Hymns of

Tune Information

• Name: CHRIST LIVETH
• Composer: James McGranahan (1891)
• Meter: C. M. Ref.
• Key: F Major