Songs 63

1 John 3:1-4

1Behold th’ amazing gift of love

the Father hath bestow’d

On us, the sinful sons of men,

to call us sons of God!

2Conceal’d as yet this honour lies,

by this dark world unknown,

A world that knew not when he came,

ev’n God’s eternal Son.

3High is the rank we now possess;

but higher we shall rise;

Though what we shall hereafter be

is hid from mortal eyes:

4Our souls, we know, when he appears,

shall bear his image bright;

For all his glory, full disclos’d,

shall open to our sight.

5A hope so great, and so divine,

may trials well endure;

And purge the soul from sense and sin,

as Christ himself is pure.

First published by the Church of Scotland in 1781.
Published by: British & Foreign Bible Society