L. M.
FATHER and God, Thy grace we own
In Jesus Thy loved Son made known;
Not heaven can boast such wondrous love
As now on earth `tis ours to prove.
For what were we whom Thou didst save
But helpless victims of the grave?
Our outer life o'erspread with sin,
And not a jot of good within.
Yet didst Thou set on us Thy love,
And send the Savior from above,
Who came by water and by blood,
The perfect Man and very God.
His work and Thine! for love Thou art,
But His alone the suffering part;
That we in Him to Thee might live
And He for us the ransom give.
Forever blest, we boast in Thee
By Jesus glorified for aye,
Obedient always: ah, what then
When sacrificed to Thee for men!
But now that sin by Christ is met,
Thy love can flow without a let;
And we behold in Christ on high
Thy grace displayed eternally.