Lamb of God, We Fall Before Thee

lyricist: Joseph Hart, 1759
Composer: Johann Thommen, 1745

Lamb of God

we fall be­fore Thee

Humbly trust­ing in Thy cross.

That alone be all our glo­ry;

All things else are on­ly dross.

Thee we own a per­fect Sav­ior

Only source of all that’s good.

Every grace and ev­ery fa­vor

Comes to us through Je­sus’ blood.

Jesus gives us true re­pent­ance

By His Spir­it sent from Heav’n;

Whispers this trans­port­ing sen­tence

Son

thy sins are all for­giv’n.

Faith He grants us to be­lieve it

Grateful hearts His love to prize;

Want we wis­dom? He must give it

Hearing ears and see­ing eyes.

Jesus gives us pure af­fect­ions

Wills to do what He re­quires

Makes us fol­low His di­rect­ions

And what He com­mands

in­spires.

All our pray­ers and all our prais­es

Rightly of­fered in His name—

He that dic­tates them is Je­sus;

He that an­swers is the same.

When we live on Je­su’s mer­it

Then we wor­ship God aright;

Father

Son

and Ho­ly Spir­it

Then we sav­ing­ly unite.

Hear the whole con­clu­sion of it:

Great or good

whate’er we call

God

or King

or Priest

or Pro­phet

Jesus Christ is all in all.

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