Words: , 1916.

Music: .

Lil­le­nas orig­in­al­ly wrote the tune for a song by Al­fred Bar­rett, “Let It Be You and I.” The tune made its way to Ar­thur McKee, an evan­gel­ist and ed­it­or at the Ta­ber­na­cle Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny. McKee didn’t care for the lyr­ics, and asked Avis Christ­ian­sen to try her hand at writ­ing new words. She did so, and the result was pub­lished in 1916 in Ta­ber­na­cle Prais­es (ed­it­ed by McKee). Lil­le­nas was not hap­py about the change in lyr­ics, but event­u­al­ly ac­cept­ed them when the song be­came pop­u­lar.

Out of the depths to the glory above,
I have been lifted in wonderful love;
From every fetter my spirit is free,
For Jesus has lifted me!

Refrain

Jesus has lifted me!
Jesus has lifted me!
Out of the night into glorious light,
Yes, Jesus has lifted me!

Out of the world into heavenly rest,
Into the land of the ransomed and blessed,
There in the glory with Him I shall be,
For Jesus has lifted me!

Refrain

Out of myself into Him I adore,
There to hide in His love evermore;
Through endless ages His glory to see,
My Jesus has lifted me!

Refrain