The Story of Our Hymns

by Ernest Edwin Ryden

A Rapturous Hymn of Adoration

O Saviour, precious Saviour,

Whom, yet unseen, we love;

O Name of might and favor,

All other names above:

We worship Thee, we bless Thee,

To Thee alone we sing;

We praise Thee and confess Thee,

Our holy Lord and King.

O Bringer of salvation,

Who wondrously hast wrought,

Thyself the revelation

Of love beyond our thought;

We worship Thee, we bless Thee,

To Thee alone we sing;

We praise Thee and confess Thee,

Our gracious Lord and King.

In Thee all fulness dwelleth,

All grace and power divine;

The glory that excelleth,

O Son of God, is Thine.

We worship Thee, we bless Thee,

To Thee alone we sing;

We praise Thee and confess Thee,

Our glorious Lord and King.

O grant the consummation

Of this our song above,

In endless adoration

And everlasting love;

Then shall we praise and bless Thee

Where perfect praises ring,

And evermore confess Thee,

Our Saviour and our King.

Frances Ridley Havergal, 1870.