IF I GAINED THE WORLD
Author(s): Anna Olander
Songbook: Songs of Love Songbook
KeyWords: PRAYER,

If I gained the world, but lost the Savior
Were my life worth living for a day?
Could my yearning heart find rest and comfort
In the things that soon must pass away?
If I gained the world but lost the Savior
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For a moment with a Christ-filled life?

Had I wealth and love in fullest measure
And a name revered both far and near
Yet no hope beyond no harbor waiting
Where my storm-tossed vessel I might steer
If I gained the world but lost my Savior
Who endured the cross and died for me
Could then all the world afford a refuge
Whither, in my anguish, I might flee

Oh the joy of having all in Jesus
What a balm the broken heart to heal!
Ne'er sin so great but He'll e'er forgive it
Nor a sorrow that He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus, only Jesus
Nothing else in all the world beside
Oh then everything is mine in Jesus
For my needs and more He will provide

If I gained the world but lost my Savior
Would my gain be worth the lifelong strife?
Are all earthly pleasures worth comparing
For one moment with a Christ-filled life?

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