Though Saved By Grace These Many Years

Don Fortner

(Tune: The Doxology LM)

I loathe this vile, deceitful heart,

So full of sin in every part!

But for God’s free and sov’reign grace,

An endless hell had been my place.

Though saved by grace these many years,

Saved from God’s wrath and countless fears,

Yet, I’m a flagrant rebel still,

A sinner plagued with every ill.

At war with self, I can but groan

And in this sad condition moan.

Can such a sinner, so defiled,

Belong to God, a chosen child?

Oh, yes, I am! By God’s free grace,

I’ve found in Christ a resting place!

Though comforts fail and sins abound,

Trusting God’s Son, my hope is sound.