All praise to the Lamb!

Verse 1
All praise to the Lamb!
Accepted I am, (Eph. 1:6)
I am bold to believe on my Jesus’s name. (John 1:12)

Verse 2
Strength and righteousness,
And pardon, and peace,
In the Lord my Redeemer I surely possess. (I Cor. 1:30)

Verse 3
In thee I confide,
Thy blood is applied;
For me thou hast suffer’d, for me thou hast died. (Rom. 5:8-9, II Cor. 5:14-15, I Thess. 5:10)

Verse 4
My peace it is made, (Col. 1:20)
My ransom is paid,
My soul on thy bloody atonement is stay’d. (I Pet. 1:18-19)

Verse 5
Not a doubt can arise
To darken the skies,
Or hide for a moment my Lord from my eyes.

Verse 6
I already am blest,
I lean on thy breast, (John 13:25)
And lo! In thy wounds I continually rest.

Verse 7
My cup it runs o’er, (Psalm 23:5)
I have comfort and power,
I have pardon—what can a poor sinner have more?

Verse 8
He can have a new heart, (Ezek. 11:19, Ezek. 36:26)
So as never to start
From thy paths: he may be in the world as thou art.

Verse 9
He may be without sin, (I John 3:6-9, I John 5:18)
All holy and clean,
He may be as his Master, all glorious within.

Verse 10
Without blemish, or blot,
Without wrinkle, or spot, (Eph. 5:27)
Without power to offend thee in deed, word, or thought.

Verse 11
The promise is sure,
It shall always endure,
And I as my God shall be sinless, and pure. (I John 3:6-9, I John 5:18, I Pet. 1:15)

Verse 12
Thou again shalt appear
My faith’s Finisher, (Heb. 12:2)
And I in thy love shall be perfected here.

Verse 13
I aim at the prize, (Phil. 3:14)
It is now in my eyes,
To perfection I press, to perfection I rise.

Verse 14
I seek, and pursue,
I shall find the pearl too, (Matt. 13:45-46)
For he who hath promis’d, is faithful, and true. (Heb. 10:23, Heb. 11:11, Rev. 3:14, Rev. 19:11)

Verse 15
Thee, Lord, I receive,
And to me thou shalt give
A power without sin, in thine image, to live.

Verse 16
Thine image is love,
And I surely shall prove
That holy delight of the angels above.

Verse 17
Less cannot suffice
Than the pearl of great price: (Matt. 13:45-46)
Speak Lord, and I now in thy likeness shall rise. (Psalm 17:15)

Verse 18
I am sure it shall be,
I shall walk before thee, (I Ki. 8:23, 2 Chron. 6:14)
And be perfect as God, when my God is in me.