Book 3, Hymn 71 · William Cowper · Public-domain words
The LORD receives his highest praise
Book 3, Hymn 71 · William Cowper
The words
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Stanza 1. The LORD receives his highest praise,From humble minds and hearts sincere;While all the loud professor says,Offends the righteous Judge’s ear.
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Stanza 2. To walk as children of the dayTo mark the precepts’ holy lightTo wage the warfare, watch and pray,Show who are pleasing in his sight.
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Stanza 3. Not words alone it cost the LORD,To purchase pardon for his own;Nor with a soul, by grace restored,Return the Savior words alone.
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Stanza 4. With golden bells, the priestly vest,And rich pomegranates bordered round,The need of holiness expressed,And called for fruit, as well as sound.
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Stanza 5. Easy, indeed, it were to reachA mansion in the courts above,If swelling words, and fluent speechMight serve, instead of faith and love.
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Stanza 6. But none shall gain the blissful place,Or GOD’S unclouded glory see;Who talks of free and sovereign grace,Unless that grace has made him free.
Olney Hymns (1779), Book 3, Hymn 71. William Cowper. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/3-71
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.
