The song is "Past to Presence."
Here's the song on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFnlWGbAWac
The lyrics:
Verse 1:
There were things in my life I knew I'd always regret,
There were moments of my past I knew I'd never forget;
But when I knelt at an old fashioned altar of prayer,
The presence of the Lord met me there
And I lost all my past and found the presence of the Lord.
Chorus:
I lost all my past when I found His presence,
All the weights that burdened me down were lifted forevermore;
And as the east is from the west, cast in the sea of Forgetfulness,
I lost my past when I found the presence of the Lord.
Verse 2:
I'll never forget just how I felt when Jesus lifted me,
The shackles fell from me, the chains were gone,
And I was truly free;
And it's a long, long way from my past to His presence,
But I'm glad that I made it that day,
I traded my past for the presence of the Lord.
Chorus
I lost all my past when I found His presence,
All the weights that burdened me down were lifted forevermore;
And as the east is from the west, cast in the sea of Forgetfulness,
I lost my past when I found the presence of the Lord.
Ending:
And as the east is from the west, cast in the sea of Forgetfulness,
I lost my past when I found the presence of the Lord.
By Chuck Lawrence
©1987 Meadowgreen Music/Highest Call Music.
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