O that pearl of great price! have you found it?
Is the Sav­ior su­preme in your love?
O con­sid­er it well, ere you an­swer,
As you hope for a wel­come above.
Have you giv­en up all for this trea­sure?
Have you count­ed past gains as but loss?
Has your trust in your­self and your mer­its
Come to naught be­fore Christ and His cross?

Have you come to the liv­ing Re­deem­er,
Him that bore all your sins on the tree?
Has He gra­cious­ly par­doned and cleansed you
In the blood shed for you and for me?
At His feet as one dead, have you fall­en,
And been quick­ened anew by His voice,
Till, en­tranced by His riches of good­ness,
In His pre­sence you live and re­joice?

Has the Sav­ior, the right­eous, the ho­ly,
Cast the beams of His all search­ing light
Into all of your heart’s deep re­cess­es,
And trans­formed in­to day their dark night?
O then an­swer these quest­ions so press­ing,
Before God, ere time’s fa­vor shall cease,
Is the pearl of great price yours for­ev­er?
Have you Je­sus, and in Him your peace?