And gladness fills my heart and mind,
To think that pardon here I find.
Into my Father’s presence dread,
No longer now I fear to tread;
His wrath appeased through Christ, his Son,
He bids me come before his throne.
He now regards me as his child,
Since I through Christ am reconciled;
Washed in the blood from Jesu’s side,
To me heaven’s gate is open’d wide.