Come, Thou Universal Blessing

Come

Thou uni­vers­al bless­ing

Abraham’s long ex­pect­ed seed;

Perfect peace and joy un­ceas­ing

Thro’ the ran­somed na­tions spread:

Devilish pride

and bru­tal pas­sion

Far from ev­ery heart re­move;

Bless us with Thy full sal­va­tion

Bless us with Thy heav­en­ly love.

Happy is the man for­giv­en

This let ev­ery sin­ner feel;

Taste in Thee his pre­sent heav­en

Pant for great­er bless­ings still;

O that all anew cre­at­ed

Might Thine im­age here re­trieve;

Then to para­dise trans­lat­ed

In Thy glo­ri­ous pre­sence live!