256. C. M. S. Streeter.
Blessings of the Gospel.
1What glorious tidings do I hear
From my Redeemer's tongue!
I can no longer silence bear;
I'll burst into a song:
2The blind receive their sight with joy;
The lame can walk abroad;
The dumb their loosened tongues employ;
The deaf can hear the word.
3The dead are raised to life anew
By renovating grace;
The glorious gospel's preached to you,
The poor of Adam's race.
4O wondrous type of things divine,
When Christ displays his love,
To raise from woe the sinking mind
To reign, in realms above!