43*. O God of Grace, Our Father

7,6.
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.
“For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren.” (Romans 8:29)
“According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.” (Ephesians 1:4)
“Behold, the eye of the Lord is upon them that fear him, upon them that hope in his mercy.” (Psalm 33:18)
“And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me.” (John 12:32)
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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.
“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.” (John 1:14)
“Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth.” (John 17:17)
“As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby.” (1 Peter 2:2)
“Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.” (Philippians 1:6)
“For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God.” (Ephesians 2:8)
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