The Gospel Shows the Father’s Grace

The Gos­pel shows the Fa­ther’s grace

Who sent his Son to save our race

Proclaims how Je­sus lived and died

That man might thus be jus­ti­fied.

It sets the Lamb be­fore our eyes

Who made th’aton­ing sac­ri­fice

And calls the souls with guilt op­pressed

To come and find eter­nal rest.

It brings the Sav­ior’s right­eous­ness

Our souls to robe in roy­al dress;

From all our guilt it brings re­lease

And gives the trou­bled con­science peace.

It is the pow­er of God to save

From sin and Sa­tan and the grave;

It works the faith

which firm­ly clings

To all the trea­sures which it brings.

It bears to all the tid­ings glad

And bids their hearts no more be sad;

The hea­vy la­den souls it cheers

And ban­ish­es their gui­lty fears.

May we in faith its tid­ings learn

Nor thank­less­ly its bless­ings spurn;

May we in faith its truth con­fess

And praise the Lord our right­eous­ness!