Word of God
The Gospel Shows The Father's Grace
- Words:
- Matthias Loy, 1863.
- Music:
- 'Herr Jesu Christ, Dict Zu Uns Wend' from Cantionale Germanicum, Dresden, 1628.
- Setting:
- "Mehrstimmiges ChoralBuch", 1906, alt.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8
- 1The Gospel shows the Father's grace,Who sent his Son to save our race,Proclaims how Jesus lived and diedThat man might thus be justified.
- 2It sets the Lamb before our eyes,Who made th'atoning sacrifice,And calls the souls with guilt oppressedTo come and find eternal rest.
- 3It brings the Savior's righteousnessOur souls to robe in royal dress;From all our guilt it brings releaseAnd gives the troubled conscience peace.
- 4It is the pow'r of God to saveFrom sin and Satan and the grave;It works the faith, which firmly clingsTo all the treasures which it brings.
- 5It bears to all the tidings gladAnd bids their hearts no more be sad;The heavy laden souls it cheersAnd banishes their guilty fears.
- 6May we in faith its tidings learnNor thanklessly its blessings spurn;May we in faith its truth confessAnd praise the Lord our Righteousness!
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- Written in 1863, the words are in 18 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.