1. O Thou who at Thy creature’s bar -
Thy glorious Godhead didst declare, -
A true and good confession make; -
Come in Thy Spirit from above -
And arm me with Thy faithful love, -
For Thy own truth and mercy’s sake.
2. Called forth by Thee Thou know’st I am, -
Thy truth and mercy to proclaim, -
Thy Godhead, and eternal power, -
The man whom God His fellow owns, -
Whom angel-powers, dominions, thrones -
Through all eternity adore.
3. Thee, high enthroned above all height, -
Thee God of God, and Light of Light, -
I come undaunted to confess, -
With God essentially the same, -
JEHOVAH, JAH, the great I AM, -
The Lord of Hosts, the Prince of Peace.
4. The sovereign, everlasting Lord, -
The glorious, unbeginning Word, -
The Son of God, the Son of Man, -
God over Heaven and earth supreme -
Made flesh Thy creature to redeem, -
For me incarnated, and slain.
5. Slain for a sinful world, and me, -
Our surety hung upon the tree; -
Thy body bore our guilty load: -
My Lamb for sin an offering made, -
The debt of all mankind hath paid, -
And bought, and sprinkled us with blood.
6. That blood applied by faith I feel, -
And come its healing power to tell, -
Through which I know my sins forgiven -
A witness I, that all may find -
The peace deserved for all mankind, -
And walk with God, my God, to Heaven.
7. I come to testify the grace -
My Lord obtained for all our race, -
Enough ten thousand worlds to save; -
Salvation is in Jesu’s name, -
Which every soul of man may claim, -
And all that seek the grace, shall have.
8. Let me to every creature cry, -
The poor and rich, the low and high, -
“Believe, and feel thy sins forgiven! -
Damned, till by Jesus saved, thou art, -
Till Jesu’s blood hath washed thy heart -
Thou canst not find the gate of Heaven.”