Scripture Verse

Did not our heart burn within us? Luke 24:32

Introduction

Words & Mu­sic: Her­bert J. La­cey, 1920 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of La­cey (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

You ask me how I know that Jesus saves me,
How I know that all my sins are white as snow;
You ask me how I know that He forgave me;
Now listen, I must tell you how I know.

Refrain

I was there when it happened,
And I ought to know;
His Spirit burning in me, set my heart aglow;
So I praise the Lord today,
He has washed my sins away;
I was there when it happened,
And I ought to know.

You ask me how I know that He redeemed me;
And how I received the peace no gold can buy;
How from the guilt and pow’r of sin He saved me,
Made me an heir to mansions in the sky.

Refrain

And now, as thru the world I go rejoicing,
I am telling what a Savior dwells within;
How I plunged into the cleansing, crimson fountain,
And Jesus washed my soul from ev’ry sin.

Refrain