Timeless Truths ‎#916

916. Looking for Me

1 I was a captive, but mercy released me,
I was in darkness, but now I can see;
Over the mountain, where lonely I wandered,
Jesus, my Savior, came looking for me.

Refrain:
Wonderful Savior, wonderful Savior!
Now and forever my boasting shall be;
Over the mountain, where lonely I wandered,
Jesus, my Savior, came looking for me. [Refrain]

2 Weeping, I longed for the rapture of pardon,
Longed from my burden of sin to be free;
Then as I lifted my earnest petition,
Jesus, my Savior, came looking for me. [Refrain]

3 Filled with the fullness of perfect salvation,
Washed in the blood that was shed on the tree;
This my rejoicing through ages eternal:
Jesus, my Savior, came looking for me. [Refrain]

4 Oh, for the harp of a seraph to praise Him!
Oh, for the tongue of an angel to sing;
Glory to Jesus, my blessed Redeemer,
I am adopted, the child of a King. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: I was a captive, but mercy released me
• Title: Looking for Me
• Author: Anna C. Storey
• Refrain First Line: Wonderful Savior, wonderful Savior!
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.10.10.10.10
• Scripture:
  Matthew 18:12
• Topic: Experience
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Looking_for_Me); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (94); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (320)

Tune Information

• Name: [I was a captive, but mercy released me]
• Composer: William J. Kirkpatrick (1887)
• Meter: 11.10.11.10.10.10.10.10
• Key: A♭ Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/Looking_for_Me); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (94); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (320)