English poem
Establishment in Religion from the GOD of Grace, &c. 1 Pet. v. 10, 11
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
How rich thy Favours, GOD of Grace! How various and divine! Full as the Ocean they are pour'd, And bright as Heav'n they shine.
He to eternal Glory calls, And leads the wondrous Way To his own Palace, where he reigns In uncreated Day.
Jesus, the Herald of his Love, Displays the radiant Prize, And shews the Purchase of his Blood To our admiring Eyes.
He perfects what his Hand begins, And Stone on Stone he lays; Till firm and fair the Building rise, A Temple to his Praise.
The Songs of everlasting Years That Mercy shall attend, Which leads thro' Suff'rings of an Hour To Joys, that never end.
More by Philip Doddridge
- Desires of being quickned by the Word of GOD. Psalm cxix. 25
- Divine Mercies and Judgments compared. Isaiah liv. 7, 8
- Divine Teachings, and their happy Consequences. Isaiah liv. 13
- EBENEZER, or GOD'S helping Hand review'd and acknowledged. 1 Sam. vii. 12
- Experimental Knowledge communicated. 1 John i. 1-3
- Ezekiel's Vision of the dry Bones, Ezek. xxxvii. 3
- For the Thanksgiving-Day for the Peace, April 25, 1749
- Fruitful Showers, Emblems of the salutary Effects of the Gospel. Isaiah lv. 10, 11, 12