PRAISE TO THE LORD

Praise we our sovereign Lord,

The source of truth and love,

His Name we worship and adore

With all that dwell above;

We praise His glorious grace,

Which brought such rebels nigh,

And taught our souls to seek His face

And”Abba! Father!” cry.

Only by Jesu’s blood,

Shed freely in our place,

Can we approach the throne of God

And find a throne of grace;

His Spirit from above

Makes us not slaves but friends,

Reveals the power of saving love,

Gives joy that never ends.

Jesus, we feel the worth

Of taking up our cross:

To love and save this life on earth

Foretells eternal loss;

But he who loves his Lord,

And dies to self and sin,

Shall find in heaven a great reward –

To live and reign with Him.

John Robert de la Have