2 Yea, so dear doth He esteem me,
That the Son He loves so well
He hath given to redeem me
From the quenchless flames of hell;
Well of life that springeth ever!

Sea of love that hath no ground!
Fruitless were my best endeavor

Depth of love like Thine to sound.
3 All which for my soul is needful
He will carefully provide

Nor of that is he unheedful
Which my body needs beside:
When my strength cannot avail me-
At the best a broken reed-
God appears; He will not fail me

In the time of utmost need.

4 As a father ne'er removeth

All his love for some lost child,
But the prodigal still loveth,
Yearning to be reconciled;
So my sins and many errors
Find a tender pardoning God,
Who doth not with penal terrors

Chasten them, but with the rod.
5 All His blows and scourges truly

For the moment grievous prove,
And yet, when I weigh them duly,
Are but tokens of His love;
Proofs that He is watching o'er me,
And would, by the cross and rod,
From this wicked world restore me
To my Father and my God.

6 Since then neither change nor coldness
In His precious love can be,

Lo! I lift my hands with boldness,
As a child I come to Thee.

Grant me grace, O God, I pray Thee,
That I may with all my might

Love, and trust Thee and obey Thee,
Till I reach the reaims of light

P. Gerhardt. 195

bless-ed Sun, whose splen-dor Dispels the shades of night;

(If) If Thou Thy love still leave me, I freely give the r rest.

3 Here see the bread of life, see waters flowing
Forth from the throne of God, pure from above;
Come to the feast of love, come, ever knowing
Earth has no sorrow but Heaven can remove.

T. Moore, 1816. v. 3. T. Hastings, 1832

2 The evil of my former state
Was mine, and only mine;
The good in which I now rejoice
Is Thine, and only Thine.

3 The darkness of my former state,
The bondage, all was mine;

The light of life in which I walk,
The liberty, is Thine.

4 Thy grace first made me feel my sin,
It taught me to believe;

Then in believing, peace I found,
And now I live, I live.

5 All that I am, e'en here on earth,
All that I hope to be

When Jesus comes and glory dawns,
I owe it, Lord, to Thee.