God, in the Gos-pel of His Son,
Makes His e-ter-nal coun-sels known;
Where love in all its glo-ry shines,
And truth is drawn in fair-est lines.
Here sin-ners of a hum-ble frame
May taste His grace, and learn His name;
May read, in char-ac-ters of blood,
The wis-dom, power, and grace of God.
The pris-oner here may break his chains;
The wea-ry rest from all his pains;
The cap-tive feel his bond-age cease;
The mourn-er find the way of peace.
Here faith re-veals to mor-tal eyes
A bright-er world be-yond the skies;
Here shines the light which guides our way
From earth to realms of end-less day.
O grant us grace, al-might-y Lord,
To read and mark your ho-ly Word;
Its truths with meek-ness to re-ceive,
And by its ho-ly pre-cepts live.