Timeless Truths ‎#478

478. I'm Sitting with Jesus

1 When lost in the darkness of guilt and despair,
Sore cankered in heart by the sin that was there,
Lo, Jesus then found me, and gave me release,
He lifted me up to the plane of His peace.

Refrain:
I’m sitting with Jesus, oh, wonderful grace!
With Him I am reigning in heavenly place;
I’m filled with His glory, transported above,
Yes, sitting with Jesus in heavenly love.

2 Led captive by Satan, still deeper in sin,
Enslaved to its scepter so long I had been;
But calling on Jesus, He severed the chain,
Exalted my soul to the throne of His reign. [Refrain]

3 My conscience polluted in guilty defile,
I feared that upon me no mercy could smile;
But, glory to Jesus, His blood is applied,
Now, sanctified wholly, I sit by His side. [Refrain]

4 My heart was all sadness in Satan’s control,
A stranger to heaven’s pure love in my soul,
In glory the Savior then shone from above,
Transported my soul to the realm of His love. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: When lost in the darkness of guilt and despair
• Title: I'm Sitting with Jesus
• Author: Daniel S. Warner
• Refrain First Line: I’m sitting with Jesus, oh, wonderful grace!
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 R
• Scripture:
  Ephesians 2:6
• Topic: Experience
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Im_Sitting_with_Jesus); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (27); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (61)

Tune Information

• Name: [When lost in the darkness of guilt and despair]
• Composer: Barney E. Warren (1911)
• Meter: 11.11.11.11 R
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Im_Sitting_with_Jesus); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (27); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (61)