John W. Peterson wrote the words and music to this song in 1948.
In the image of God
We were made long ago,
With the purpose divine
Here His glory to show.
But we failed Him one day,
And like sheep went astray,
Thinking not of the cost,
We His likeness had lost.
But from eternity
God had in mind
The work of Calvary,
The lost to find.
From His heaven so broad
Christ came down
Earth to trod,
So that man might live again
In the image of God.
Now that I have believed
And the Savior received,
Now that I from the cry
Of my guilt am relieved;
I will live for my Lord,
Not for gain or reward
But for love, thinking of what
His grace has restored.
I’ll never comprehend
Redemption’s plan –
How Christ could condescend
To die for man.
Such a Savior I’ll praise
To the end of my days,
As I upward, onward trod
In the image of God.
© 1948. Renewed 1976 John W. Peterson Music Company
