1 OH, love beyond the reach of thought,
That form’d the sovereign plan,
Ere Adam had our ruin wrought,
Of saving fallen man!2 God had so loved our rebel race
As His own Son to give,
That whoso will, amazing grace!
May look to Him and live.3 Chosen in Christ, His ransom’d flock
Th’ eternal purpose prove;
By nature of a sinful stock,
Made blameless now in love.4 Ransom’d by price, by blood redeem’d,
Restored by power divine,
Though lightly by the world esteem’d
They as the stars shall shine.5 Bless’d be the Father of our Lord,
From whom all blessings spring!
And bless’d be the Incarnate Word,
Our Saviour and our King!6 We know and have believed the love
Which God through Christ displays:
And when we see His face above,
We’ll nobler anthems raise.
Josiah Conder, 1856
C. H. Spurgeon, Our Own Hymn Book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public, Social and Private Worship, (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1883).