"No more a stranger"—Can that be

Thou speakest
thus, O God, of me

Whose heart was enmity and strife

Alienated from Thy life?

Thy covenants with Israel

Was I outside, and O, as well

Apart from Christ, apart from
Thee

A worldling, living hopelessly.

 

An outcast—for there was a bar

Twixt Israel "near," and
Gentiles "far"—

For in her commonwealth no share

Had I; of righteousness was bare

But now, though once far off, am
I

To Thee, O gracious God, brought
nigh

By Christ’s own precious blood
once given

United to the
Lord of Heaven.

 

Now to Thy household I belong

Though only one amid the throng

Of those that form Thy family

Thou thinkest,
gracious God, on me.

Eternal life do I possess

And, in Thy Spirit have access

Through Thy dear Son, O God, to
Thee

Him
face to face I soon shall see.