Best gift of all Thou hast

            bestowed,

The precious, priceless blood
that

            flowed

When Jesus bore our sins’
great

            load—

For this we thank Thee!

 

And then that wondrous love
of

            thine

Which made us heirs of wealth

            divine,

And us to Thee as sons did
join—

For this we thank Thee!

 

For sweetest fellowship on
earth

With other sons of heavenly
birth,

In greater joy than this
world’s

            mirth—

For this we thank Thee!

 

For patient grace that guides
our

            way,

While pilgrims in this world
we

            stay,

In fire by night, in cloud by
day—

For this we thank Thee!

 

For sickness, sadness, pain
and

            loss,

For fellowship with Jesus’
cross

That turns this world’s gold
into

            dross—

For this we thank Thee!

 

For loving faithfulness and
grace

That cast us down upon our
face,

And make the flesh take its
own

            place—

For this we thank Thee!

 

In all our joy and all our
grief,

For chastening sore, or sweet

            relief,

For lengthened days, or
waiting

            brief—

For all we thank Thee!

 

For many mansions in thy
home,

Where we one day with Christ
shall

            come,

And never, never from Thee
roam—

For this we thank Thee!

 

And when our time on earth is

            o’er,

When in thy presence we adore,

O then, for all that’s gone

            before,

We e’er shall thank Thee!