The Master's Call

I ran away from home and left my mother and my dad
I know it grieved them so to think their only boy was bad
I fell in with an outlaw band, their names were known quite well
How many times we robbed and plundered, I could never tell
I learned that much and more the night I heard my Master call
And started them out on the trail that leads to Mexico
Then at that moment lightning struck not twenty yards from me
So frightened I was thinking of sinful deeds I'd done
I failed to see the thousand head of cattle start to run
The cattle they stampeded, were running all around
My pony ran but stumbled and it threw me to the ground
I felt the end was near, that death would be the price
And I cried oh Lord forgive me, don't let it happen now
I want to live for you alone, Oh God these words I vow
My wicked past unfolded, I thought of wasted years
And the others rushed on by me and I was left to live
And right behind it there was I, afraid but safe and sound
I cried and begged for mercy kneeling there upon the ground
No more to fear the angry waves upon life's stormy sea
I gave my life and soul the night the Saviour called my name