Gentiles by Nature

Gentiles by na­ture

we be­long

To the wild ol­ive wood;

Grace took us from the bar­ren tree

And grafts us in the good.

With the same bless­ings grace en­dows

The Gen­tile and the Jew;

If pure and ho­ly be the root

Such are the branch­es

too.

Then let the child­ren of the saints

Be de­di­cate to God;

Pour out Thy Spir­it on them

Lord

And wash them in Thy blood.

Thus to the par­ents and their seed

Shall Thy sal­va­tion come

And nu­mer­ous house­holds meet at last

In one eter­nal home.