1 GOD of salvation, we adore
Thy saving love, Thy saving power;
And to our utmost stretch of thought,
Hail the redemption Thou hast wrought.

2 We love the stroke that breaks our chain,
The sword by which our sins are slain;
And while abased in dust we bow,
We sing the grace that lays us low.

3 Perish each thought of human pride,
Let God alone be magnified;
His glory let the heavens resound,
Shouted from earth’s remotest bound.

4 Saints, who His full salvation know,
Saints who but taste it here below,
Join with the angelic choir to raise
Transporting songs of deathless praise.

Philip Doddridge, 1755

C. H. Spurgeon, Our Own Hymn Book: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns for Public, Social and Private Worship, (London: Passmore & Alabaster, 1883).