Hymns · 1745

God of all-redeeming grace

Made popular by John Wesley, Charles Wesley

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Details

Hymnal / album Hymns on the Lord's Supper

Publisher Felix Farley

Notes Introduced in Hymns on the Lord's Supper, published by John and Charles Wesley (Bristol: Felix Farley, 1745).Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 3 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1869), page 321. An adapted version of this hymn is published in some hymnals as "Giver of Each Perfect Gift."

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Exodus 28:36 Romans 12:1 Romans 14:8 Ephesians 1:6

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Psalm 25:1 Psalm 40:8 Jeremiah 31:33 Zechariah 14:20 Romans 6:13 Romans 12:1 Hebrews 8:10

Lyrics

Verse 1
God of all-redeeming grace,
By thy pard’ning love compell’d
Up to thee our souls we raise, (Ps. 25:1)
Up to thee our bodies yield. (Rom. 6:13, Rom. 12:1)

Verse 2
Thou our sacrifice receive, (Rom. 12:1)
Acceptable thro’ thy Son, (Eph. 1:6)
While to thee alone we live,
While we die to thee alone. (Rom. 14:8)

Verse 3
Just it is, and good, and right
That we should be wholly thine,
In thy only will delight, (Ps. 40:8)
In thy blessed service join.

Verse 4
O that every thought and word
Might proclaim how good thou art,
HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD (Ex. 28:36, Zech. 14:20)
Still be written on our heart. (Jer. 31:33, Heb. 8:10)