Behold, what won­drous love and grace!
When we were wretch­ed and un­done,
To save our ru­ined, help­less race,
The Fa­ther gave His on­ly Son!
Of twice ten thou­sand gifts di­vine,
No gift like this could ever shine.

Jesus, to save us from our fall,
Was made in­car­nate here be­low;
This was the great­est gift of all—
Heaven could no great­er gift be­stow:
On Him alone our sins were laid;
He died, and now the ran­som’s paid.

O gift of love un­speak­able!
O gift of mer­cy all di­vine!
We once were slaves of death and hell,
But now we in His im­age shine.
For oth­er gifts our songs we raise,
But this de­mands our high­est praise.

Praise shall em­ploy these tongues of ours
Till we, with all the hosts above,
Extol His name with nob­ler pow­ers,
Lost in the ocean of His love:
While an­gel choirs with won­der gaze,
We’ll fill the hea­vens with shouts of praise.