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Author: Watts Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 351 hymnals Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13:12 Lyrics: 1 Behold! what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God.
2 Tis no surprising thing
That we should be unknown;
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God's everlasting Son.
3 Nor doth it yet appear
How great we must be made;
But, when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.
4 A hope, so much divine,
May trials well endure;
May purge our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ, the Lord, is pure.
5 If, in my Father's love,
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.
6 We would no longer lie,
Like slaves, beneath the throne;
Our faith shall Abba, Father! cry,
And thou the kindred own. Topics: The Christian System Adoption And Sanctification; Acceptance with God
Behold! what wondrous grace