Hymn
The Glories of Adoption
Behold! what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race,
To call them sons of God!
Nor doth it yet appear
How great we must be made;
But when we see our Saviour here,
We shall be like our Head.
A hope so much divine
May trials well endure,
May purge our souls from sense and sin,
As Christ the Lord is pure.
If in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart.
We would no longer lie
Like slaves beneath the throne;
Our faith shall Abba, Father! cry,
And thou the kindred own.
The Glories of Adoption — Text from Laudes Domini, 1890. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-glories-of-adoption
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Glories of Adoption?
The words of The Glories of Adoption were written by Isaac Watts; the version here was published in 1890. The library holds 248 more hymns by Isaac Watts, including The Healing Power of Jesus and God the Glory and Defense of Zion.
Is The Glories of Adoption public domain?
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What is the metre of The Glories of Adoption?
The Glories of Adoption is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, One Sweetly Solemn Thought, Today is the Accepted Time and For all Thy Saints, O Lord.