The plenitude of His grace and power,
SPIRIT of the living God,
In all thy plenitude of grace,
Where’er the foot of man hath trod,
Descend on our apostate race.
2 Give tongues of fire, and hearts of love,
To preach the reconciling word;
Give power and unction from above,
Where’er the joyful sound is heard.
3 Be darkness, at thy coming, light;
Confusion—order, in thy path;
Souls without strength, inspire with might;
Bid mercy triumph over wrath.
4 Baptize the nations; far and nigh
The triumphs of the cross record;
The name of Jesus glorify,
Till every kindred call him Lord.
James Montgomery
Methodist Episcopal hymnal (1870 edition)
No comments:
Post a Comment