43*. O God of Grace, Our Father

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by G. Gilpin
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O God of grace, our Father,
 
All praise we give to Thee,
 
’Tis in Thy sovereign favor
 
All blessedness we see;
 
There only is the fountain
 
Whence living waters flow,
 
Which like a glorious river
 
Still gladden as they go.
“But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.” (1 Peter 5:10)
“Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.” (John 4:10)
“But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:14)
“They shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatness of thy house; and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasures.” (Psalm 36:8)
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As Thine, Thou didst foreknow us
 
From all eternity;
 
Thy chosen, loved ones ever,
 
Kept present to Thine eye;
 
And when was come the moment,
 
Thou, calling by Thy grace,
 
Didst gently, firmly draw us
 
Each from his hiding-place.
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Thy Word, Thyself reflecting,
 
Doth sanctify by truth,
 
Still leading on Thy children
 
With gentle, heavenly growth.
 
Thus still the work proceedeth,
 
The work begun by grace,
 
For each is meet, and training,
 
Father, to see Thy face.
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