Glory ascribe and endless praise

Verse 1
Glory ascribe and endless praise
To God the Giver of all grace,
Who hath on us a power bestow’d
To plunge in that all-cleansing blood,
With heart-felt faith to trust in Him
Whose death did every soul redeem.

Verse 2
Thanks upon thanks to God we owe
Who did a second gift bestow,
The grace in Jesus steps to tread,
And meekly suffer with our Head,
While gladly we our will resign,
And prove our patient faith, divine.

Verse 3
My double privilege I take
The trust, and pain for Jesus sake,
By faith I know my pardon sure,
By patience to the end endure,
Happy to live for Jesus I,
But happier still for Him to die.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘Unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him but also to suffer for his sake.’—[Phil.] 1:29.” This hymn appears in the 1783 manuscript “MS Scriptural Hymns.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/576, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 3). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 77.

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