Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1848
Compiler: S W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Behold the amazing gift of love
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
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Hymn Number: 154
Page Number: 183, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBehold the amazing gift of love
The Father has bestowed
On us, the sons of sinful men,
To call us sons of God.
Concealed as yet this honor lies,
By this dark world unknown--
A world that knew not when he came,
E'en God's beloved Son.
High is the rank we now possess,
But higher we shall rise;
Though what we shall hereafter be,
Is hid from mortal eyes.
We know, we all, when he appears,
Shall bear his image bright;
And all his glory full disclosed
Shall open to our sight.
A hope so great, and so divine,
May trials well endure,
And purify our souls from sin,
As Christ himself is pure.