1  A ruler once came to Jesus by night,

    To ask Him the way of salvation and light;

    The Master made answer in words true and plain,

          "Ye must be born again!"

 2  Ye children of men, attend to the word

    So solemnly uttered by Jesus, the Lord,

    And let not this message to you be in vain,

          "Ye must be born again."

 3  Oh, ye who would enter that glorious rest,

    And sing with the ransomed the song of the blest;

    The life everlasting if ye would obtain,

          "Ye must be born again."