Blest Be the Wisdom and the Power

Blest be the wis­dom and the pow­er

The jus­tice and the grace

That joined in coun­sel to re­store

And save our ru­ined race!

Our fa­ther ate for­bid­den fruit

And from his glo­ry fell;

And we

his child­ren

thus were brought

To death

and near to hell.

Blest be the Lord

that sent His Son

To take our flesh and blood!

He for our lives gave up His own

To make our peace with God.

He hon­ored all His Fa­ther’s laws

Which we have dis­obeyed;

He bore our sins up­on the cross

And our full ran­som paid.

Behold Him ris­ing from the grave;

Behold Him raised on high:

He pleads His mer­its there

to save

Transgressors doomed to die.

There

on a glo­ri­ous throne

He reigns;

And by His pow­er di­vine

Redeems us from the slav­ish chains

Of Sa­tan and of sin.

Thence shall the Lord to judg­ment come;

And

with a sov­er­eign voice

Shall call and break up ev­ery tomb

While wak­ing saints re­joice.

O may I then with joy ap­pear

Before the Judge’s face;

And

with the blest as­sem­bly there

Sing His re­deem­ing grace.