Behold, What Wond'rous Grace

S. M.

Isaac Watts

Behold, what wond'rous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race
To call them sons of God.

'Tis no surprising thing
That we should be unknown;
The Jewish world knew not their King;
God's everlasting Son.

Not doth it yet appear
How great we must be made;
But when we see out Saviour there
We shall be like our Head.

A hope so much divine
May trials well endure
May purge our souls from guilt and sin,
As Christ the Lord is pure.

If in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.

We would no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the throne;
My faith shall Abba, Father, cry,
And thou the kindred own.