525    L.M.     W. Gadsby
Good News. Eph. 1. 3; Numb. 23. 21;

1 What joyful news the gospel is,
  To guilty sinners in distress!
  It speaks of mercy, rich and free,
  For such polluted worms as we.

2 Jesus, my Shepherd, lived and died,
  Rose, and now lives to intercede;
  He bears my name upon his heart,
  Nor will he ever with me part.

3 For me he bore the wrath of God;
  For me he in the wine-press trod;
  He magnified the law for me,
  And I for ever am set free.

4 [He loved me ere the world began;
  Nor did my Saviour love alone;
  The Spirit and the Father joined,
  As one Jehovah, in one mind.]

5 In endless love, the Holy Three
  All blessings have secured for me;
  All good that’s worthy of a God,
  For me in Jesus Christ is stored.

6 What glory, yea, what matchless grace,
  Appears in my Redeemer’s face!
  All Deity can there agree
  To smile upon a worm like me.