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Text:Behold the Amazing Gift
Tune:ST. STEPHEN (Newington)
Composer:William Jones, 1726-1800

397. Behold the Amazing Gift

1 Behold th' amazing gift of love
The Father hath bestowed
On us, the sinful sons of men,
To call us sons of God.

2 Concealed as yet this honour lies,
By this dark world unknown,
! world that knew not, when He came,
E'en God's eternal Son.

3 High is the rank we now possess,
But higher we shall rise;
Though what we shall hereafter be
Is hid from mortal eyes:

4 Our souls, we know, when He appears,
Shall bear His image bright;
For all his glory, full disclosed,
Shall open to our sight.

5 A hope so great and so divine
May trials well endure,
And purge the soul from sense and sin,
As Christ Himself is pure.

Text Information
First Line: Behold th' amazing gift of love
Title: Behold the Amazing Gift
Meter: C.M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Aspiriaton; Comfort
Source: Scottish Paraphrases, 1781
Tune Information
Name: ST. STEPHEN (Newington)
Composer: William Jones, 1726-1800
Meter: C.M.
Key: G Major



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