Son of God! All Glorious Savior

Son of God! all glo­ri­ous Sav­ior

Coming to us from above!

What were we to find such fa­vor?

What were we to gain such love?

We had sinned—Thy laws for­sak­en

All Thy just com­mands with­stood:

Evil for our choice had tak­en

When Thou free­ly gav­est good.

In our dark­ness we were ly­ing

From Thy glo­ri­ous pre­sence hurled;

Alien from Thy light

a dy­ing

Guilty

cursed

and rui­ned world!

When the voice came down from Heav­en

Woke once more a ho­ly morn—

“Unto you a son is giv­en

Unto you a child is born.

“All alone

with love far spread­ing

He shall bear the wrath of God

All alone the wine­press tread­ing

Clothed in gar­ments dyed with blood;

All alone in mor­tal ang­uish

Wrestle down and con­quer sin

Death and hell shall taste and van­quish

And eter­nal life shall win.

By His grace and love vic­tor­ious

Up that path the Sav­ior trod;

We are brought again all glo­ri­ous

To the pre­sence of our God.

What are we

that Thou shouldst love us

With such won­drous love as this?

Leaving all Thy heav’ns ab­ove us

Worlds of pur­ity and bliss!

For this blot up­on cre­ation

For this wan­der­ing sin­ful one

Freely giv­ing us sal­va­tion

For the ev­il we had done!

Shield us

Lord! as Thou hast par­doned

Help us through this dai­ly strife

Keep us from the world un­hard­ened

Living Thy true life in life.

Till from earth in light and glo­ry

Dangers

death and sha­dows past

Purified we stand be­fore Thee

Unto Thee made like at last.