Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: This is the word of truth and love
Topic: Evangelizing and Recruiting Songs
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 232
Page Number: 318, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHIS is the word of truth and love,
Sent to the nations from above;
Jehovah here resolves to show
What his almighty grace can do.
This remedy did Wisdom find,
To heal diseases of the mind;
This sov'reign balm, whose virtues can
Restore the ruin'd creature, man.
This gospel bids the dead revive;
Sinners obey the voice and live,
Dry bones are rais'd and cloth'd afresh,
And hearts of stone are turn'd to flesh.
Where Satan reign'd in shades of night,
The gospel strikes a heav'nly light;
Our lusts its wondrous pow'r controls,
And calms the rage of angry souls.
Lions, and beasts of savage name,
Put on the nature of the lamb,
While the wide world esteems it strange,
Gaze, and admire, and hate the change.
Still may his grace my soul renew,
Let sinners gaze and hate me too;
The word that saves me, does engage
A sure defence from all their rage.