God of All Power, and Truth, and Grace (1742)

God of all pow­er

and truth

and grace

Which shall from age to age en­dure

Whose word

when Heav­en and earth shall pass.

Remains

and stands for ev­er sure.

Calmly to Thee my soul looks up

And waits Thy pro­mis­es to prove

The ob­ject of my stead­fast hope

The seal of Thine eter­nal love.

That I Thy mer­cy may pro­claim

That all man­kind Thy truth may see:

So hal­low Thy great

glo­ri­ous name

And per­fect ho­li­ness in me.

Chose from the world if now I stand

Adorned in right­eous­ness di­vine;

If brought un­to the pro­mised land

I just­ly call the Sav­ior mine.

Perform the work Thou hast be­gun

My in­most soul to Thee

con­vert;

Love me

for ev­er love Thine own

And sprin­kle with Thy blood my heart.

Thy sanc­ti­fy­ing Spir­it pour

To quench my thirst

and wash me clean:

Now

Fa­ther

let the gra­cious show­er

Descend

and make me pure from sin.

Purge me from ev­ery sin­ful blot

My id­ols all be cast aside

Cleanse me from ev­ery ev­il thought

From all the filth of self and pride.

Give me a new

a per­fect heart

From doubt

and fear

and sor­row free

The mind which was in Christ im­part

And let my spir­it cleave to Thee.

O take this heart of stone away!

Thy sway it doth not

can­not own;

In me no long­er let it stay;

O take away this heart of stone.

The hat­red of the car­nal mind

Out of my flesh at once re­move;

Give me a ten­der heart

re­signed

And pure

and full of faith and love.

Within me Thy good Spir­it place

Spirit of health

and love

and pow­er;

Plant in me Thy vic­tor­ious grace

And sin shall nev­er en­ter more.

Cause me to walk in Christ my way;

And I Thy sta­tutes shall ful­fill

In ev­ery point Thy law ob­ey

And per­fect­ly per­form Thy will.

Hast Thou not said

who can­not lie

That I Thy law shall keep and do?

Lord

I be­lieve; though men deny:

They are all false

but Thou art true.

O that I now

from sin re­leased

Thy Word may to the ut­most prove!

Enter into the pro­mised rest

The Canaan of Thy per­fect love.

There let me ev­er

ev­er dwell

Be Thou my God

and I will be

Thy serv­ant; O set to Thy seal

Give me eter­nal life in Thee.

From all re­main­ing filth with­in

Let me in Thee sal­va­tion have

From ac­tual

and from in­bred sin

My ran­somed soul per­sist to save.

Wash out my deep ori­gin­al stain

Tell me no more

it can­not be

Demons

or men! The Lamb was slain

His blood was all poured out for me.

Sprinkle it

Je­su

on my heart!

One drop of Thy all cleans­ing blood

Shall make my sin­ful­ness de­part

And fill me with the life of God.

Father

sup­ply my ev­ery need;

Sustain the life Thy­self has giv’n:

Call for the nev­er fail­ing Bread

The Man­na that comes down from Heav’n.

The gra­cious fruits of right­eous­ness

Thy bless­ings’ un­ex­haust­ed store

In me abun­dant­ly in­crease

Nor let me ev­er hun­ger more.

Let me no more in deep com­plaint

My lean­ness

O my lean­ness

cry

Alone con­sumed with pin­ing want

Of all my Fa­ther’s child­ren I!

The pain­ful thirst

the fond de­sire

Thy joy­ous pre­sence shall re­move

While my full soul doth still re­quire

Thy whole eter­ni­ty of love.

Holy

and true

and right­eous Lord

I wait to prove Thy per­fect will

Be mind­ful of Thy gra­cious word

And stamp me with Thy Spir­it’s seal.

Thy faith­ful mer­cies let me find

In which Thou caus­est me to trust;

Give me the meek and low­ly mind

And lay my spir­it in the dust.

Show me how foul my heart hath been

When all re­newed by grace I am

When Thou hast emp­tied me of sin

Show me the full­ness of my shame.

Open my faith’s in­ter­ior eye:

Display Thy glo­ry from ab­ove

And all I am shall sink

and die

Lost in as­ton­ish­ment and love.

Confound

o’er­pow­er me with Thy grace!

I would be by my­self ab­horred;

All might

all ma­jes­ty

all praise

All glo­ry be to Christ my Lord!

Now let me gain per­fect­ion’s height;

Now let me in­to no­thing fall!

Be less than no­thing in Thy sight

And feel that Christ is all in all.