Verse 1
GoCne from my heart the woFrld and all it chaCrms;
NCow, through the blAmood, I'm sDmaved from all alaGrms;
DoCwn at the cross my heFart is bending loCw;
The preciGous blood of JeCsus cleanses whGite as snCow
Chorus
CI love Him, I love Him
BecFause He fiGrst love mCe
And purchGased my saFlvatioCn
OFn CalvCary'Gs trCee.
OnCce I was lost, and 'wFay down deep in sCin;
OnCce was a slave to pasAmsions fiDmerce witGhin;
OnCce was afraid to trFust a loving GCod;
But nGow I'm cleansed from evCery stain through JeGsus' bloCod
Chorus
CI love Him, I love Him
BecFause He fiGrst love mCe
And purchGased my saFlvatioCn
OFn CalvCary'Gs trCee.
OnCce I was bound, but nFow I am set frCee;
OnCce I was blind, but nAmow the liDmght I sGee;
OnCce I was dead, but nFow in Christ I liCve,
To teGll the world aroCund the peace that HGe doth giCve