Ah yes, I'm sure 'tis written there,
My name, in letters bold and clear.
I have not seen it, yet I know,
Because God's Word has told me so.
And, oh to think that He should care
Enough to tell me it is there !
To tell me what in love He's done,
Because I trust in Christ, His Son.
I'm not alone in that great Book,
For as through it in thought I look,
And scan its leaves from A to Z,
Ah there, how many names I see !
No commendation do they claim,
For naught is writ against each name:
No thought of evil or of good-
Just this :"They trusted in the blood."
O Lord, how wondrous is Thy grace,
How marvelous with us Thy ways !
From Adam, down to even me,
And on, till in eternity
Those names so precious in His sight
Will shine with His reflected light,
And glorify the Son of God
Who saved us by His precious blood.
Oh, would that all might look
To Christ ! Then I am sure that Book
Would hold the names of every one
Who put their trust in God's dear Son.
We thank Thee, Lord, for telling us
The secret of our Saviour's cross,
And how, in Life's great Book, with care
Thou'st written every member there.

H. McD.