If I Gained The World

 

 

If I gained the world,

but not 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 not 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 could steer;
If I gained the world,

but not the Savior,
Who endured the cross

and died for me,
Could then all the world

afford a refuge,
Whither, in my anguish,

I might flee?

 

O the joy of having

all in Jesus!
What a balm the broken

heart to heal!
Ne'er a sin so great,

but He'll forgive it,
Nor a sorrow that

He does not feel!
If I have but Jesus,

only Jesus,
Nothing else in all

the world beside—
O then everything

is mine in Jesus;
For my needs and more

He will provide.