Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: The gospel's joyful sound
Topic: Adoption
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Tune:
Hymn Number: 150
Page Number: 137, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe gospel's joyful sound
Is music in my ears,
In Jesus I have found
Relief from all my fears,
Darkness to light does now give glace,
And all things wear another face.
To God I'm reconciled,
I fear no dire alarms;
He owns me for a child,
And clasps me in his arms;
Reliev'd from doubts and ev'ry sigh,
I boldly Abba, Father, cry.
Death too, has lost its sting,
And wears a comely face,
I hope to shout and sing,
E'en in his cold embrace:
He'll close my eyes and stop my ears,
But cannot rouse my guilty fears.
Let Satan vent his spite,
While in the Lord I stand,
He can't my soul affright,
Or wrest me from his hand;
The woman's seeds shall never die,
But still shall Abba, Father, cry,
When thro the flaming sky,
I see the Judge descend,
I'll Abba, Father, cry,
And hail him as my friend;
While standing in the gospel light,
There's nothing can my soul affright.
Now let my joyful eyes
Flow down in grateful tears,
Since free adopting grace
Has banish'd all my fears;
The cross I'll bear, myself deny,
And Father, Abba, Father, cry.
No more let me return,
Beneath the galling yoke,
Or ever wear those chains,
Which grace divine has broke;
Let Abba, Father, be my cry,
In time and in eternity.