I once lived a worldly life

I once lived a worldly life,
Distressed in sinful ways,
Now by the Lord's precious blood,
I was cleansed from all sins.

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God is mine, I am His,
Oh, how glorious this is!
None beside Him I desire,
He's most precious to me.

Things that were counted as gain,
Now are counted as loss,
All things are worthless as dung,
My heart would not be moved.

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To me the world's crucified,
To it I am alike,
It's hard to have Christ's fullness,
If I cling to the earth.

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Forgetting what lies behind,
Reaching what lies ahead,
Running straight with no drifting,
Till the goal I attain.

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