Adopted

O what a bless­ing

How can I ex­press it?

Out of the full­ness

Of rap­ture I sing

Now by the Fa­ther

Received and adopt­ed

I am a child and

An heir of a king.

I am adopt­ed

O won­der­ful love

Heir to a her­it­age

Purchased ab­ove;

Tell it

my soul

And joy­ful­ly sing

I am a child and

An heir of a king.

O what a Fa­ther

How ten­der­ly gra­cious

O what a Sav­ior

To make me His care;

Tho’ I have slight­ed

Rejected

and grieved Him

Still He per­mits me

His king­dom to share.

O the un­search­able

Riches He giv­eth

Riches in­creas­ing

From day un­to day;

Treasures in val­ue

All oth­ers ex­cel­ling

Treasures that nev­er

Will rust nor de­cay.

When I have fin­ished

The work He ap­points me

When I have end­ed

My jour­ney be­low

Then to my Fa­ther

And Je­sus my Sav­ior

Home to a beau­ti­ful

Palace I go.