Details
Scripture connections
References
Verses this song directly draws fromAllusions
Verses this song echoes or alludes toLyrics
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)