How Solemn Are the Words

Verse 1

How solemn are the words,
And yet to faith how plain,
Which Jesus uttered while on earth--
“Ye must be born again!”

Verse 2

“Ye must be born again!”
For so hath God decreed;
No reformation will suffice--
’Tis life poor sinners need.

Verse 3

“Ye must be born again!”
And life in Christ must have;
In vain the soul may elsewhere go--
’Tis he alone can save.

Verse 4

“Ye must be born again!”
Or never enter heaven;
’Tis only blood-washed ones are there--
The ransomed and forgiven.