In loving kindness Jesus came,
   My soul in mercy to reclaim,
   And from the depths of sin and shame
   Though grace He lifted me.
  
   Chorus:
  
   From sinking sand He lifted me,
   With tender hand He lifted me,
   Fron shades of night to plains of light,
   O praise His name, He lifted me!
  
   He called me long before I heard.
   Before my sinful heart was stirred,
   But when I took Him at His word,
   Forgiven He lifted me.
  
   His brow was pierced with many a thorn.
   His hands by cruel nails were torn,
   When from my guilt and grief, forlorn,
   In love He lifted me.
  
   Now on a higher plane I dwell,
   And with my soul I know 'tis well;
   Yet how or why I cannot tell
   He should have lifted me.