"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of LifeOsborne, Zenas
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"Born of the Spirit;" or, Gems from the Book of Life
Osborne, Zenas
Free Methodist Church of North America; Osborne, Zenas
Hunter:
Sinking and panting, as for breath,
I knew not help was near me,
And cried, “O, save me, Lord, from death!
Immortal Jesus, hear me!”
Then, quick as thought, I felt Him mine,
My Saviour stood before me!
I saw his brightness round me shine,
And shouted, Glory! Glory!
Oh, sacred hour! Oh, hallowed spot!
Where love divine first found me;
Wherever falls my distant lot,
My heart shall linger round thee!
And when from earth I rise to soar
Up to my home in heaven,
Down will I cast my eyes once more,
Where first I was forgiven.
II.
I WANTED TO SWEAR;
OR, HOW I KNEW THE DOCTRINE OF ENTIRE HOLINESS,
AS TAUGHT BY JOHN WESLEY TO BE TRUE.
My conversion to God was as clear as the sun at noon-day; “Old things
passed away and _all_ things became new.” As I looked out the next
morning upon the fields and woods, all seemed to be praising God. My
soul was completely ravished with his love. I had been “translated
from the kingdom of darkness to the kingdom of God’s dear Son.” I
was emphatically a new creature in Christ Jesus; all the aspirations
of my soul were changed. I wanted to tell everybody what the blessed
Jesus had done for me; I felt like crying continually, “_Behold the
Lamb!_” God helped me to tell the story of the cross, which kept the
fire burning within--Glory to God! “As I came to Zion, songs and
everlasting joy was upon my head,” and in my heart. For days
“Not a cloud did arise to darken my skies,
Or hide one moment, my Lord from my eyes.”
“And I could not believe
That I ever should grieve,
That I ever should suffer again.”
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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