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Verse 1
Years I spent in van­ity and pride, (Eph. 4:17)
Caring not my Lord was cru­ci­fied,
Knowing not it was for me He died on Cal­va­ry. (Gal. 2:20, Luke 23:33)

Chorus
Mercy there was great, and grace was free;
Pardon there was mul­ti­plied to me;
There my bur­dened soul found li­ber­ty at Cal­va­ry. (Matt. 11:28-29)

Verse 2
By God’s Word at last my sin I learned; (Rom. 3:20, Rom. 7:7)
Then I trem­bled at the law I’d spurned,
Till my guil­ty soul im­plor­ing turned to Cal­va­ry.

Verse 3
Now I’ve giv­en to Je­sus ev­ery­thing,
Now I glad­ly own Him as my king,
Now my rap­tured soul can on­ly sing of Cal­va­ry! (Gal. 6:14)

Verse 4
Oh, the love that drew sal­va­tion’s plan! (John 3:16, I John 4:10)
Oh, the grace that brought it down to man! (Tit. 2:11)
Oh, the migh­ty gulf that God did span at Cal­va­ry! (Eph. 2:13)