Verse 1
The church in ancient days
Was sinners sav’d from sin,
And souls thro’ Jesus grace
Were daily taken in,
Pardon and faith together given
Threw open wide the gates of heaven.

Verse 2
Saviour, we know, Thou art
In every age the same,
Now, Lord, in ours exert
The virtue of thy name,
And daily thro’ thy word increase
The blood-besprinkled witnesses.

Verse 3
The people sav’d below
From every sinful stain,
Shall multiply and grow,
If thy command ordain,
And one into a thousand rise,
And spread thy praise thro’ earth and skies.

Verse 4
In many a soul, and mine,
Thou hast display’d thy power,
But to thy people join
Ten thousand, thousand more,
Sav’d from the guilt and strength of sin,
In life and heart intirely clean.

Verse 5
Sav’d by thy blood applied
The moment we believe,
Let us in Thee abide,
And grace for grace receive,
Till sunk into a perfect man,
And meet in all thy joy to reign.