331- L.M. J. N. Darby, 1880
1. Father, Thy sovereign love hs sought
Captives to sin, gone far from Thee;
The work that Thine own Son hath wrought
Has brought us back in peace and free.
2. And now as sons before Thy face,
With joyful steps the path we tread,
Which leads us on to that blest place
Prepared for us by Christ our Head.
3. Thou gav'st us, in eternal love,
To Him to bring us home to Thee,
Suited to Thine own thought above,
As sons like Him, with Him to be
4. In Thine own house. there love divine
Fills the bright courts with cloudless joy;
But 'tis the love that made us Thine,
Fills all that house without alloy.
5. O boundless grace ! what fills with joy
Unmingled all that enter there,
God's nature, love without alloy,
Our hearts are given e'en now to share.
6. God's righteousness with glory bright,
Which with its radiance fills that sphere,
E'en Christ, of God the power and light,
Our title is that light to share.
7. O mind divine, so must it be
That glory all belongs to God:
O love divine, that did decree
We should be part, thro' Jesus' blood.
8. O keep us, love divine, near Thee,
That we our nothingness may know
And ever to Thy glory be
Walking in faith while here below.
332- 8,8,8,6. Charlotte Elliott, 1841
1. Just as I was--without one plea,
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bad'st me come to Thee
O Lamb of God, I came !
2. Just as I was--poor, wretched, blind
Sight, riches, healing of the mind,
Yea, all I need in Thee to find,
O Lamb of God, I came !
3. Just as I am--Thy love, I own,
Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be Thine, yea, Thine alone
O Lamb of God, I come !
4. Just as I am--of that free love,
The fulness and the depth to prove
Here for a season, then above--
O Lamb of God, I come !
333- 6--8s. Mary Bowley
1. To Thee, O God, our hearts we raise
In solemn songs of thankful praise
Thee as our God and Father own,
And bow our souls before Thy throne
While here below we seek to sound
Thy praise to earth's remotest bound.
2. Worship and praise we render Thee
Father of endless majesty;
Thy true and only Son adore,
One with Thyself in bliss and power
And God the Holy Ghost declare
The saints' eternal Comforter.
334- 8,4,8,4,8,8,8,4, Mary Bowley
1. Through the love of God our Saviour,
All will be well;
Free and changeless is His favour,
All, all is well.
Precious is the blood that healed us,
Perfect is the grace the sealed us,
Strong the hand stretched forth to shield us,
All must be well.
2. Though we pass through tribulation,
All will be well;
Ours is such a full salvation,
All, all is well.
Happy still in God confiding;
Fruitful, if in Christ abiding;
Holy, through the Spirit's guiding
All must be well.
3. We expect a bright tomorrow;
All will be well.
Faith can sing through days of sorrow
All, all is well.
On our Father's love relying,
Jesus every need supplying;
Or in living, or in dying,
All must be well.
335- C.M. Isaac watts
1. O God, how wide Thy glory shines,
How high Thy wonders rise !
Known thro' the earth by thousand signs,
By thousands through the skies.
2. Those mighty orbs proclaim Thy power
Their motions speak Thy skill:
And on the wings of every hour,
We read Thy patience still.
3. Part of Thy name divinely stands
On every work impressed;
Each is the labour of Thy hands,
By each Thy power's confessed.
4. But when we view Thy strange design
To save rebellious worms,
Where vengeance and compassion join
In their divinest forms:
5. Here Thy bright character is known,
Nor dares a creature guess
Which of the glories brightest shone-
The justice or the grace.
6. Now the full glories of the Lamb
Adorn the heavenly throne,
While saints on earth that know His name,
Their Lord and Saviour own.
7. How blest are we, who have a part
In the immortal song;
Wonder and joy become our heart,
And praise and thanks, our tongue.
336- 6--8s. Saunders
1. Behold, what wondrous love and grace !
When we were wretched and undone,
To save a ruind, helpless race,
The Father gave His only Son !
Of twice ten thousand gifts divine,
No gift like this could ever shine.
2. O gift of love unspeakable !
O gift of mercy all divine !
We once were slaves of death and hell,
But in Christ's image we shall shine:
For every gift a song we raise,
But this demands eternal praise.
3. Praises shall employ these tongues of ours,
Till we with all the saints above,
Extol His name with nobler powers,
And see the ocean of His love:
Then, while we look and wondering gaze,
We'll fill the heavens with endless praise.
337- C.M. -------
1. The God who dwells above, we call
Our Father and our Friend;
And , blessd thought ! His children all
Shall see Him in the end.
2. Though now dispersed, the day will come
When He who made us His
Will call us hence, and take us home
To see Him as He is.
3. Though now unknown, we then shall be
The sons of God confessed,
Those who disown us then shall see
How richly we are blest.
4. Then let us, brethren, while on earth,
With foes and strangers mixed,
Be mindful of our heavenly birth,
Our thoughts on glory fixed.
5. That we should glorify Him here
Our Father's purpose is:
Whene'er the Saviour shall appear
He'll own us His.
338- C.M. Doddridge
1. Since Thou, the everlasting God,
Our Father art become;
Jesus, our Guardian and Friend,
And heaven our final home:
2. We welcome all Thy sovereign will,
For all that will is love;
And when we know not what Thou dost,
We wait the light above.
3. Thy gracious love, in all our need,
Shall heavenly light impart;
And be our theme of endless praise
When all things else depart.
339- 7,6. Paul Gerhardt
1. Our God is our salvation,
Our refuge in distress,
What earthly tribulation
Can shake our stedfast peace ?
2. The ground of our profession
Is Jesus and His blood:
He gives us the possession
Of everlasting good.
3. We know no condemnation,
No law that speaks despair:
And Satan's accusation,
With Christ, we need not fear.
4. For us there is provided
A city fair and new,
To it we shall be guided--
Jerusalem's in view;
5. Our portion there is lying,
A destined heavenly lot;
And though we're daily dying,
Our portion wither's not.
6. The heart within us leapeth,
And cannot down be cast,
Since with our God it keepeth
Its never-ending feast.
7. The sun which, smiling, lights us,
Is Jesus Christ alone:
And what to song incites us,
Is heaven on earth begun.
340- 8,7. Thrupp
1. Father, we commend our spirits
To Thy love, in Jesus' name,
Love which His atoning merits
Give us confidence to claim.
2. O how sweet, how real a pleasure
Flows from love so full and free !
'Tis a vast exhaustless treasure,
Saviour, we possess in Thee !
3. From the world and its confusion,
Here we turn and find our rest,
From its care and its delusion,
Turn to Thee, in whom we're blest.
4. By the Holy Ghost anointed,
May we do the Father's will,
Walk the path by Him appointed,
All His pleasure to fulfil.
341- C.M. Doddridge
1. 'Twas past and o'er, that dreadful pain
When forth the life-blood flowed
That washed our souls from ev'ry stain,
That paid the debt we owed.
2. Cleansed from our sins, renewed by grace,
Thy royal throne above,
Blest Saviour, is our destined place,
Our portion there, Thy love.
3. Thine eye in that bright cloudless day,
Shall, with supreme delight,
Thy fair and glorious bride survey,
Unblemished in Thy sight.