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 gavest us in eternal love
To Christ, to bring us home to Thee,
Suited to Thine own thoughts above-
As sons, like Him, with Him to be!
O glorious grace! what fills with joy,
Unmingled, all that enter there-
God’s Nature, Love without alloy-
Our hearts are given even now to share!

God’s righteousness with glory bright,
Which fills with radiance all that sphere,
Even Christ-of God, the Power and Light-
Our title is that Light to share!
O Mind Divine! so must it be:
That glory all belongs to God!
O Love Divine! that did decree blood.
Our part with Thee, through Jesus