FATHER of everlasting, grace,
By A Collection of Hymns

      6-8s. 2nd. metre.
      1 FATHER of everlasting, grace,
      Thy goodness and thy truth we praise,
      Thy goodness and thy truth we prove;
      Thou hast, in honour of thy Son,
      The gift unspeakable sent down,
      The Spirit of life, and power, and love.

      2 Send us the Spirit of thy Son,
      To make the depths of Godhead known,
      To make us share the life divine;
      Send him the sprinkled blood to apply,
      Send him our souls to sanctify,
      And show and seal us ever thine.

      3 So shall we pray, and never cease,
      So shall we thankfully confess
      The wisdom, truth, and power, and love;
      With joy unspeakable adore,
      And bless and praise thee evermore,
      And serve thee as thy hosts above:

      4 Till, added to that heavenly choir,
      We raise our songs of triumph higher,
      And praise thee in a bolder strain,
      Out-soar the first-born seraph's flight,
      And sing, with all our friends in light,
      Thy everlasting love to man.