SINCE CHRIST MY SOUL

Since Christ my soul from sin set free,

This world has been a heaven to me;

Amid earth‟s sorrows and its woe,

„This heaven my Jesus here to know.

O Hallelujah, yes, „This heaven!

„This heaven to know my sins forgiven;

On land or sea, what matters where,

Where Jesus is, „This heaven there.

Once heaven seemed a far-off place,

Till Jesus showed His smiling face;

Now it‟s begun within my soul,

„twill last while endless ages roll.

What matters where on earth we dwell -

On mountain top, or in the dell,

In cottage, or a mansion fair?

Where Jesus is, „This heaven there