25. Father, Thy Name Our Souls Would Bless

C.M.
by J.N. Darby, 1879
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Father, Thy name our souls would bless,
 
As children taught by grace,
 
Lift up our hearts in righteousness
 
And joy before Thy face.
2
Sweet is the confidence Thou giv’st,
 
Though high above our praise,
 
Our hearts resort to where Thou liv’st
 
In heaven’s unclouded rays.
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There in the purpose of Thy love
 
Our place is now prepared,
 
As sons with Him who is above,
 
Who all our sorrows shared.
“Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.” (John 14:1-3)
“To redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father. Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.” (Galatians 4:5-7)
“He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not.” (Isaiah 53:3)
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Eternal ages shall declare
 
The riches of Thy grace,
 
To those who with Thy Son shall share
 
A son’s eternal place.
“That in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness toward us through Christ Jesus.” (Ephesians 2:7)
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Absent as yet, we rest in hope,
 
Treading the desert path,
 
Waiting for Him who takes us up
 
Beyond the power of death.
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We joy in Thee, Thy holy love
 
Our endless portion is,
 
Like Thine own Son, with Him above,
 
In brightest heavenly bliss.
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O holy Father, keep us here
 
In that blest name of love,
 
Walking before Thee without fear
 
Till all be joy above.
“And now I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are.” (John 17:11)
“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” (2 Timothy 1:7)
“Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.” (Psalm 16:11)
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