Then the Answer Came - Mahalia Jackson

searched and searched from day to day

know in my heart I was truly saved

I wanted to know the answer for sure

so when God’s spirit spoke to me

«this is the hour you can be free «I called on the Lord that night.

the answer came

the answer came

(mmmmm) while I was kneeling there in prayer.

the answer came

I felt his mighty saving power

when God’s spirit spoke to me.

«this is the hour you can be free»

I called on the Lord that night the answer came

I prayed from my heart"have mercy, forgive,

help me oh lord for three, to live"

then I began to feel the answer come

well I can’t express what happened that night.

I know one thing everything alright

I felt in my soul his touch, when the answer came

the answer came,

(mmm)

while I was kneeling there in prayer

I felt his might saving power

when the savior came into my soul

he calmed the air, the billows roll

I have been praising God each day of my life the answer came