Glory to God, and praise, and love

Verse 1
Glory to God, and praise, and love
Be ever, ever given;
By saints below, and saints above,
The church in earth and heaven.

Verse 2
On this glad day the glorious Sun
Of righteousness arose,
On my benighted soul he shone,
And fill’d it with repose.

Verse 3
Sudden expir’d the legal strife,
’Twas then I ceas’d to grieve,
My second, real, living life
I then began to live.

Verse 4
Then with my heart I first believ’d,
Believ’d, with faith divine,
Power with the Holy Ghost receiv’d
To call the Saviour mine.

Verse 5
I felt my Lord’s atoning blood
Close to my soul applied;
Me, me he lov’d—the Son of God
For me, for me he died!

Verse 6
I found, and own’d his promise true,
Ascertain’d of my part,
My pardon pass’d in heaven I knew
When written on my heart.

Verse 7
O for a thousand tongues to sing
My dear Redeemer’s praise!
The glories of my God and King,
The triumphs of his grace.

Verse 8
My gracious Master, and my God,
Assist me to proclaim,
To spread thro’ all the earth abroad
The honours of thy name.

Verse 9
Jesus the name that charms our fears,
That bids our sorrows cease;
’Tis musick in the sinner’s ears,
’Tis life, and health, and peace!

Verse 10
He breaks the power of cancell’d sin,
He sets the prisoner free:
His blood can make the foulest clean;
His blood avail’d for me.

Verse 11
He speaks; and listening to his voice,
New life the dead receive,
The mournful, broken hearts rejoice,
The humble poor believe.

Verse 12
Hear him ye deaf, his praise ye dumb
Your loosen’d tongues employ,
Ye blind, behold your Saviour come,
And leap, ye lame, for joy.

Verse 13
Look unto him, ye nations, own
Your God, ye fallen race!
Look, and be sav’d, thro’ faith alone;
Be justified, by grace!

Verse 14
See all your sins on Jesus laid;
The Lamb of God was slain,
His soul was once an offering made
For every soul of man.

Verse 15
Harlots, and publicans, and thieves
In holy triumph join!
Sav’d is the sinner that believes
From crimes as great as mine.

Verse 16
Murtherers, and all ye hellish crew,
Ye sons of lust and pride,
Believe the Saviour died for you;
For me the Saviour died.

Verse 17
Awake from guilty nature’s sleep,
And Christ shall give you light,
Cast all your sins into the deep,
And wash the Ethiop white.

Verse 18
With me, your chief, you then shall know,
Shall feel your sins forgiven;
Anticipate your heaven below,
And own, that love is heaven.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: "For the Anniversary Day of One’s Conversion." Introduced in a hymnal jointly credited to John and Charles Wesley; it is more likely than not that Charles wrote it but not certain. Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1740). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 299.
Publishing: Public Domain