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.

“My grace, a flow­ing stream, pro­ceeds
To wash your fil­thi­ness away;
Ye shall ab­hor your for­mer deeds,
And learn My sta­tutes to ob­ey.

“My truth the great de­sign en­sures,
I give My­self away to you;
You shall be Mine, I will be yours,
Your God un­al­ter­ably true.

“Yet not un­sought or un­im­plored,
The plen­te­ous grace I shall con­fer;
No—your whole hearts shall seek the Lord,
I’ll put a pray­ing spirit there.

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 pow­er.