Cântăre It Is True Within My Heart

1. I have read within the Bible

How a sinner vile and low,

Need but come in faith to Jesus

To be washed as white as snow;

How the heart, so stained and wicked,

Hardened by the guilt of sin,

May be purified and softened,

Till the Lord will dwell within.



R: I have read within the Bible

What His favor will impart;

And, oh, glory! I have proved it,

Now ’tis true within my heart.



2. I have read how sin was conquered

When He bled upon the tree,

How its binding chains were broken

That the captives might be free;

How I need not still do evil,

And repent from day to day,

But should find His grace sufficient,

Keeping sinless all the day.



3. I have read how a believer,

One who knows his wrongs forgiv’n,

May be cleansed from sin completely,

Made as pure and clean as heav’n;

Have the very root of evil

From his being swept away,

Leaving in his joyous bosom

An unending sabbath day.



4. I have read and have believed it,

How the Holy Ghost would come,

In His power and His glory,

Make the heart of man His home;

Keep it as a sacred temple,

Seal its door to every foe,

And preserve it pure and holy

All life’s journey here below.