Hymn CLXXXIX. Long Metre. Salvation by Grace

Now to the power of God supreme Be everlasting honours given, He saves from sin, we bless his name, And calls our wandering feet to heav'n.

Not for our duties or deserts, But of his own abundant grace, He works salvation in our hearts, And forms a people for his praise.

'Twas his own purpose that begun To rescue sinners doom'd to die; He gave us grace in Christ his son, Before he spread the starry sky.

Jesus, the Lord, appears at last, And makes his father's counsels known; Declares the great transactions past, And brings immortal blessings down.

He dies, and in that dreadful night Did all the powers of hell destroy; Rising, he bro't our heaven to light, And took possession of the joy.