I wandered in the shades of night,
Till Jesus came to me,
And with the sunlight of His love
Bid all my darkness flee.
Refrain
Sunlight, sunlight in my soul today,
Sunlight, sunlight all along the way;
Since the Savior found me, took away my sin,
I have had the sunlight of His love within.
Though clouds may gather in the sky,
And billows ’round me roll,
However dark the world may be
I’ve sunlight in my soul.
While walking in the light of God,
I sweet communion find;
I press with holy vigor on
And leave the world behind.
I cross the wide, extended fields,
I journey o’er the plain,
And in the sunlight of His love
I reap the golden grain.
Soon I shall see Him as He is,
The Light that came to me;
Behold the brightness of His face,
Throughout eternity.
1. I was a wand’ring sheep,
I did not love the fold;
I did not love my Shepherd’s voice,
I would not be controlled.
I was a wayward child,
I did not love my home;
I did not love my Father’s voice,
I loved afar to roam.
2. The Shepherd sought his sheep,
the Father sought his child;
they followed me o’er vale and hill,
o’er deserts waste and wild:
they found me nigh to death,
famished and faint and lone;
they bound me with the bands of love,
they saved the wand’ring one.
3. Jesus my Shepherd is;
’twas he that loved my soul,
’twas he that washed me in his blood,
’twas he that made me whole;
’twas he that sought the lost,
that found the wand’ring sheep,
’twas he that brought me to the fold,
’tis he that still doth keep.
4. I was a wand’ring sheep,
I would not be controlled;
but now I love my Shepherd’s voice,
I love, I love the fold.
I was a wayward child,
I once preferred to roam;
but now I love my Father’s voice,
I love, I love his home.
I will sing of my Redeemer, And His wondrous love to me;
On the cruel cross He suffered, From the curse to set me free.
Refrain
Sing, oh sing, of my Redeemer, With His blood, He purchased me.
On the cross, He sealed my pardon, Paid the debt, and made me free.
I will tell the wondrous story, How my lost estate to save,
In His boundless love and mercy, He the ransom freely gave.
I will sing of my Redeemer, And His heav’nly love to me;
He from death to life hath brought me, Son of God with Him to be.