Let us adore the grace that seeks

The words

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   Stanza 1. Let us adore the grace that seeksTo draw our hearts above!Attend, ’tis God the Savior speaks,And every word is love.

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   Stanza 2. Though filled with awe, before his throneEach angel veils his face;He claims a people for his ownAmongst our sinful race.

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   Stanza 3. Careless, awhile, they live in sin,Enslaved to Satan’s pow’r;But they obey the call divine,In his appointed hour.

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   Stanza 4. Come forth, he says, no more pursueThe paths that lead to death;Look up, a bleeding Savior view,Look, and be saved by faith.

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   Stanza 5. My sons and daughters you shall beThrough the atoning blood;And you shall claim, and find, in me,A Father, and a God.”

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   Stanza 6. Lord, speak these words to every heart,By thine all–powerful voice;That we may now from sin depart,And make thy love our choice.

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   Stanza 7. If now, we learn to seek thy faceBy Christ, the living way;We’ll praise thee for this hour of grace,Through an eternal day.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 2, Hymn 21. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/2-21