Tune: GERMANY

Words: Benjamin Beddome, 1787

Music: William Gardiner’s Sacred Melodies, 1815

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VERSE1:
God, in the Gospel of His Son,
Makes His eternal counsels known;
Where love in all its glory shines,
And truth is drawn in fairest lines.

VERSE 2:
Here sinners of a humble frame
May taste His grace, and learn His Name;
May read, in characters of blood,
The wisdom, pow'r, and grace of God.

VERSE 3:
The pris'ner here may break his chains;
The weary rest from all his pains;
The captive feel his bondage cease;
The mourner find the way of peace.

VERSE 4:
Here faith reveals to mortal eyes
A brighter world beyond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of endless day.