The Lord proclaims his grace abroad
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The covenant by William Cowper
- The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!
- Behold, I change your hearts of stone;
- Each shall renounce his idol god,
- And serve, henceforth, the LORD alone.
- My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds
- To wash your filthiness away;
- Ye shall abhor your former deeds,
- And learn my statutes to obey.
- My truth the great design insures,
- I give myself away to you;
- You shall be mine, I will be yours,
- Your GOD unalterably true.
- Yet not unsought, or unimplored,
- The plenteous grace shall I confer;
- No--your whole hearts shall seek the Lord,
- I'll put a praying spirit there.
- From the first breath of life divine,
- Down to the last expiring hour;
- The gracious work shall all be mine,
- Begun and ended in my pow'r.