Verse 1
Glory to God, whose sovereign grace
Hath animated senseless stones, (Matt. 3:9, Luke 3:8)
Call’d us to stand before his face,
And rais’d us into Abraham’s sons. (Gal. 3:7)

Verse 2
The people that in darkness lay,
In sin and error’s deadly shade,
Have seen a glorious gospel day, (Isa. 9:2, Matt. 4:16)
In Jesu’s lovely face display’d.

Verse 3
Thou only, Lord, the work hast done,
And bare’d thine arm in all our sight, (Isa. 53:1)
Hast made the reprobates thy own,
And claim’d the outcasts as thy right.

Verse 4
Thy single arm, Almighty Lord,
To us the great salvation brought, (Isa. 53:1)
Thy word, thy all-creating word,
That spake at first the world from nought. (Genesis 1:1-10, John 1:1-3, Heb. 11:3)

Verse 5
For this the saints lift up their voice,
And ceaseless praise to thee is given,
For this the hosts above rejoice:
We raise the happiness of heaven.

Verse 6
For this, no longer sons of night, (Eph. 5:8)
To thee our thanks and hearts we give;
To thee who call’d us into light, (I Peter 2:9)
To thee we die, to thee we live. (Luke 20:38, Romans 14:8, Gal. 2:19)

Verse 7
Suffice, that for the season past,
Hell’s horrid language fill’d our tongues,
We all thy words behind us cast,
And loudly sang the drunkard’s songs.

Verse 8
But, O the power of grace divine!
In hymns we now our voices raise, (Col. 3:16, Eph. 5:18-19, Ps. 40:3)
Loudly in strange hosannas join,
And blasphemies are turn’d to praise!

Verse 9
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow,
Praise him all creatures here below,
Praise him above, ye heavenly host,
Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.