I Am Coming to the Cross
The same words as 2 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
29 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Christ in Song #78 · 3 stanzas only in SDA Hymnal #307
Verse 1
I'm coming to the cross;I'm poor, and weak, and blind;I'm counting all but dross;
I shall full salvation find.
Verse 1
I am coming to the cross;
I am poor, and weak, and blind;
I am counting all but dross;
I shall full salvation find.
Not in this version
Verse 2
Long my heart has sighed for Thee;
Long has evil reigned within;
Jesus sweetly speaks to me,
"I will cleanse you from all sin."
Not in this version
Verse 3
Here I give my all to Thee;
Friends, and time, and earthly store;
Soul and body Thine to be,
Wholly Thine forevermore.
Not in this version
Verse 4
Jesus comes! He fills my soul!
Perfected in Him I am;
I am every whit made whole;
Glory, glory to the Lamb!
Verse 2
I'm trusting in the Lord, I'm trusting in His word;
I'm trusting in the blood; I'm leaning on the Lord.
Not in this version
Verse 3
I'm coming to the cross, I'mcounting all but dross; I'mtrusting in the Lord, I'm blessedLord of the cross.
Refrain
I am trusting, Lord, in Thee,
O Thou Lamb of Calvary;
Humbly at Thy cross I bow,
Save me, Jesus, save me now.
Refrain
I'm trusting, Lord, in Thee, blessed Lord of Calvary;
Humbly at Thy cross I bow, Save me, Je - sus, save me now.
Not in this version