Book 1, Hymn 71 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!
Book 1, Hymn 71 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!Behold, I change your hearts of stone;Each shall renounce his idol god,And serve, henceforth, the LORD alone.
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Stanza 2. My grace, a flowing stream, proceedsTo wash your filthiness away;Ye shall abhor your former deeds,And learn my statutes to obey.
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Stanza 3. My truth the great design insures,I give myself away to you;You shall be mine, I will be yours,Your GOD unalterably true.
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Stanza 4. Yet not unsought, or unimplored,The plenteous grace shall I confer;No—your whole hearts shall seek the Lord,I’ll put a praying spirit there.
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Stanza 5. From the first breath of life divine,Down to the last expiring hour;The gracious work shall all be mine,Begun and ended in my pow’r.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 71. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-71
About these words
William Cowper lived from 1731 to 1800. These historical words are public domain.
This hymn belongs to the complete three-book collection first published in 1779.
