Verse 1
Thee, Jesus, and thy church below
In David and his house we see:
The souls which sin did once o’rethrow
Shall they not rise restor’d by Thee?
Surely Thou wilt thy house repair
And fix thy constant presence there.
Verse 2
We look for our returning Lord,
To raise the nations from their fall:
Thou wilt, according to thy word,
In pardning grace appear to all,
Visit the whole apostate race,
And stir them up to seek thy face.
Verse 3
The heathens still thy creatures are,
Blind children of a God unknown,
Thy work, their Maker’s name they bear,
Whose blood did for their sins atone:
And those who bear the Christian sign,
Heathens baptiz’d, are doubly thine.
Verse 4
Come then, and claim thy property,
Thou Friend and Lover of mankind,
Let every soul be found in Thee,
In Thee his great Restorer find,
That all our ransom’d world may own,
The Saving work is all thine own!