9. Father, We, Thy Children, Bless Thee

8,7.
by S.P. Tregelles
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Father, we, Thy children, bless Thee
 
For Thy love on us bestowed,
 
Source of blessing! we confess Thee
 
Now, our Father and our God.
 
Wondrous was Thy love in giving
 
Jesus for our sins to die!
 
Wondrous was His grace in leaving,
 
For our sakes, the heavens on high!
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Now the sprinkled blood has freed us,
 
Hast’ning onward to our rest,
 
Through the desert Thou dost lead us,
 
With Thy constant favor blest;
 
By Thy truth and Spirit guiding,
 
Earnest He of what’s to come,
 
And with daily strength providing,
 
Thou dost lead Thy children home.
“Which is the earnest of our inheritance until the redemption of the purchased possession, unto the praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:14)
“Thy shoes shall be iron and brass; and as thy days, so shall thy strength be.” (Deuteronomy 33:25)
“Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.” (Psalm 23:6)
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Though our pilgrimage be dreary,
 
This is not our resting-place;
 
Shall we of the way be weary
 
When we see our Master’s face?
 
No — e’en now anticipating,
 
In this hope our souls rejoice,
 
And His promised advent waiting,
 
Soon shall hear His welcome voice.
“For if Jesus had given them rest, then would he not afterward have spoken of another day.” (Hebrews 4:8)
“These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.” (Hebrews 11:13-14)
“And they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.” (Revelation 22:4)
“But Christ as a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end.” (Hebrews 3:6)
“By whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God.” (Romans 5:2)
“For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 3:20)
“And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come.” (1 Thessalonians 1:10)
“For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.” (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17)
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