Scripture Verse

You received the Spirit of sonship. And by Him we cry, Abba, Father. The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. Romans 8:15–16

Introduction

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George W. Frazer (1830–1896)

Words: Vers­es 1, 2 & 4, George W. Fra­zer, in Hymns of Grace and Truth (New York: Loi­zeaux Bro­thers, 1904); verse 3, Al­fred S. Loiz­eaux, 1952.

Music: Beech­er John Zun­del, Chris­tian Heart Songs 1870 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Zun­del (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els), or a bet­ter one of Fra­zer,

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Alfred S. Loizeaux (1877–1962)

Lyrics

God, our Fa­ther, we adore Thee!
We, Thy child­ren, bless Thy name!
Chosen in the Christ be­fore Thee,
We are ho­ly with­out blame.
We adore Thee! We adore Thee!
Abba’s prais­es we pro­claim!
We adore Thee! We adore Thee!
Abba’s prais­es we pro­claim!

Son eter­nal, we adore Thee!
Lamb up­on the throne on high!
Lamb of God, we bow be­fore Thee,
Thou hast brought Thy peo­ple nigh!
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
Son of God, who came to die!
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
Son of God, who came to die!

Holy Spir­it, we ad­ore Thee!
Paraclete and hea­ven­ly Guest!
Sent from God and from the Sav­ior,
Thou hast led us in­to rest.
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
By Thy grace for­ev­er blessed:
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
By Thy grace for­ev­er blessed!

Father, Son, and Ho­ly Spir­it,
Three in One! We give Thee praise!
For the rich­es we in­her­it,
Heart and voice to Thee we raise!
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
Thee we bless, through end­less days!
We ad­ore Thee! We ad­ore Thee!
Thee we bless, through end­less days!