FATHER! Thy sovereign love has sought
Captives to sin, gone far from Thee:
The work that Thine own Son hath wrought,
Has brought us back, in peace, and free!
And now, as sons before Thy Face,
With joyful steps the path we tread,
Which leads us on to that blest place
Prepared for us, by Christ our Head.
Thou gav'st us, in eternal love,
To Him, to bring us home to Thee;
Suited to Thine own thoughts above
As sons, like Him, with Him to be.
Oh, boundless grace! What fills with joy
Unmingled all that enter there;
God's Nature, Love without alloy,
Our hearts are given e'en now to share!
Oh, keep us, Love Divine, near Thee!
That we our nothingness may know;
And ever to Thy glory be,
Walking in faith while here below.
J. N. D.