Hymn/Song Information

FAREWELL

Come, all ye young people
of every relation,
Come listen awhile,
and to you I will tell
How I was first called
to seek for salvation,
Redemption in Jesus
who saved me from hell.

I was not yet sixteen
when Jesus first called me,
To think of my soul,
and the state I was in;
I saw myself standing
a distance from Jesus,
Between me and him
was a mountain of sin.

The devil perceived
that I was convinced,
He strove to persuade me
that I was too young,
That I would get weary
before my ascension,
And wish that I had not
so early begun.

Sometimes he'd persuade me
that Jesus was partial,
When he was a setting
of poor sinners free,
That I was forsaken,
and quite reprobated,
And there was no mercy
at all for poor me.

But glory to Jesus,
his love's not confined
To princes, nor men
of a nobler degree;
His love it flows bounteous
to all human creatures,
He died for poor sinners,
when nailed to the tree.

And when I was groaning
in sad lamentation,
My soul overwhelmed
in sorrow and in sin,
He drew near me in mercy,
and looked on me in pity,
He pardoned my sins,
and he gave me relief.

And now I've found favor
in Jesus my Savior,
And all his commandments
I'm bound to obey;
I trust he will keep me
from all Satan's power,
Till he shall think proper
to call me away.

So farewell, young people,
if I can't persuade you
To leave off your follies
and go with a friend,
I'll follow my Savior,
in whom I've found favor
My days to his glory
I'm bound for to spend.