Scripture Verse

Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead. Philippians 3:13

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Hal­dor Lil­le­nas, 1919 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Haldor Lillenas (1885–1959)

Lyrics

I re­mem­ber when the Lord spoke to my soul,
I could feel the hea­vy bur­den from me roll
When He spoke the gra­cious words,
Wilt thou be whole?
Then I set­tled the quest­ion for­ev­er.

Refrain

I have set­tled the quest­ion, hal­le­lu­jah!
I will ne­ver turn back from the nar­row way.
I am going through with Je­sus, hal­le­lu­jah!
Till I reach the gates of glo­ry some sweet day.

I no long­er walk the ways of sin­ful­ness,
But I dai­ly tread the paths of right­eous­ness
Since the day the Lord has come
My life to bless
I have set­tled the quest­ion for­ev­er.

Refrain

I will choose the ho­ly joys that al­ways last,
And re­ject sin’s plea­sures that will soon be past,
To the trea­sures of true worth I’m hold­ing fast,
I have set­tled the quest­ion for­ev­er.

Refrain

Others may de­ny the Lord and live in sin,
But the race that I have en­tered I must win,
Through the pear­ly gates I mean to enter in,
I have set­tled the ques­tion for­ev­er.

Refrain