Long Ago He Blessed The Earth

Long Ago He Blessed The Earth
Born Older Than The Years
And In The Stall A Cross He Saw
Through The First Of Many Tears
A Life Of Homeless Wandering
Cast Out In Sorrow’s Way
The Shepherd Seeking For The Lost,
His Life, The Price He Paid

Love Crucified, Arose
The Risen One In Splendor
Jehovah’s Sole Defender
Has Won The Victory
Love Crucified, Arose
And The Grave Became A Place Of Hope,
For The Heart That Sin And Sorrow Broke
Is Beating Once Again!

Throughout Your Life You Felt The Weight
Of What You’d Come To Give
To Drink For Us That Crimson Cup
So We Might Really Live.
At Last The Time To Love And Die,
The Dark Appointed Day,
That One Forsaken Moment
When Your Father Turned His Face Away

Love Crucified, Arose
The One Who Lived And Died For Me
Was Satan’s Nail-Pierced Casualty:
Now He’s Breathing Once Again.
Love Crucified, Arose
And The Grave Became A Place Of Hope,
For The Heart That Sin And Sorrow Broke
Is Beating Once Again!

Love Crucified, Arose
The Risen One In Splendor
Jehovah’s Sole Defender
Has Won The Victory
Love Crucified, Arose
And The Grave Became A Place Of Hope,
For The Heart That Sin And Sorrow Broke
Is Beating Once Again!
Love Crucified, Arose!