 AS A MATTER OF FACT, PERHAPS THE WRITE OF THE HYMN HAD THIS IN MIND WHEN HE WROTE, FROM SINKING SAND HE LIFTED ME, WITH HIS OWN HAND HE LIFTED ME, FROM SHADES OF NIGHT TO PLAINS OF LIGHT, O PRAISE HIS NAME, HE LIFTED ME. LIKE THE CHURCH, THE PEARL HAS GONE FROM GRIT TO GLORY, FROM DEPTH TO HEIGHT. THE PEARL HAS GONE FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT, AND THE PEARL, LIKE THE CHURCH, IS FORMED FROM START TO FINISH.