Scripture Verse

To the praise of the glory of His grace, wherein He hath made us accepted in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:6

Introduction

Words: Tho­mas W. B. Ave­ling, 1844.

Music: Carl­ton Jo­seph Barn­by, 1869 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Ave­ling (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Joseph Barnby (1838–1896)

Lyrics

Hail! Thou God of grace and glo­ry!
Who Thy name hast mag­ni­fied,
By re­demp­tion’s won­drous sto­ry,
By the Sav­ior cru­ci­fied;
Thanks to Thee for ev­ery bless­ing,
Flowing from the fount of love;
Thanks for pre­sent good un­ceas­ing,
And for hopes of bliss above.

Hear us, as thus bend­ing low­ly,
Near Thy bright and burn­ing throne;
We in­voke Thee, God most ho­ly!
Through Thy well be­lov­èd Son;
Send the bap­tism of Thy Spi­rit,
Shed the Pen­te­cost­al fire;
Let us all Thy grace in­her­it,
Waken, crown each good de­sire.

Bind Thy people, Lord, in un­ion,
With the se­ven­fold cord of love;
Breathe a spi­rit of com­mun­ion
With the glo­ri­ous hosts above;
Let Thy work be seen pro­gress­ing;
Bow each heart, and bend each knee;
Till the world, Thy truth pos­sess­ing,
Celebrates its ju­bi­lee.