1. A ruler once harkened to Jesus by night
To ask him the way of salvation and light;
The master made answer in words true and plain:
You must be born again.
Refrain:
You must be born again,
You must be born again,
I verily, verily say unto you,
You must be born again.
2. O children of frailty, attend to the word
So solemnly uttered by Jesus, the Lord,
And let not this message to you be in vain:
You must be born again. [Refrain]
3. O ye who would enter that glorious rest,
And sing with the ransomed the song of the blest,
The life everlasting if you would obtain,
You must be born again. [Refrain]
A dear one departed your heart yearns to see,
At Heaven's brite gate may be watching for thee,
So list to the note of this solemn refrain:
You must be born again. [Refrain]
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #93a
Sleeper, W. T. is given in I. D. Sankey’s Sacred Songs & Solos, 1881, as the author of “A ruler once came to Jesus by night” (Need for the New Birth).
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)… Go to person page >| First Line: | A ruler once came to Jesus by night |
| Title: | Ye Must Be Born Again |
| Author: | William T. Sleeper |
| Meter: | 10.11.11.6 with refrain |
| Language: | English |
| Refrain First Line: | Ye must be born again |
| Notes: | Spanish translation: See "Un hombre de noche llegó a Jesús" by James Clifford; Swahili translation: See "Mkuu alimjia Yesu usiku" |
| Copyright: | Public Domain |
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