Hymn 789 – BLESSED be the power divine | C&S English Hymnary

1. BLESSED be the power divine The Truth and the Wisdom And blessed be the Grace divine Whom, our salvation earn. 2. Forbiden fruit, our fathers chew His glory all was lost All we descendants thus enslaved Unto satan and death. 3. Thanks we give to Father and Son For His Son, us He gave He who hath died that we may live Adopting us for God. 4. All Father’s commands disobeyed ls Christ, Son who was slained His life He offered on the cross Thus, all our sins He bore. 5. Alas! He‘s risen from the grave To heaven He ascend There in heaven by His honour All sinners He doth save. 6. He reigneth on the glorious throne With divine power and strenght The chains and bounds of sin He broke Our liberty we gain. 7. He shall return, the world to judge In great honour divine Thither He shall all saints recall Out from the grave with joy. 8. May I partake of the great Joy Before the Greatest Judge Redemption songs would I to rend In worship with the saints AMEN