How Vast the Benefits Divine
Augustus Toplady, 1740-1778
How vast the benefits divine,
Which we in Christ possess,
Saved from the guilt of sin we are,
And called to holiness.
But not for works which we have done,
Or shall hereafter do,
Hath God decreed on sinful worms
Salvation to bestow.
The glory, Lord, from first to last,
Is due to Thee alone;
Aught to ourselves we dare not take,
Or rob Thee of Thy crown.
Our glorious Surety undertook
To satisfy for man,
And grace was given us in Him,
Before the world began.
This is Thy will, that in Thy love
We ever should abide,
And lo, we earth and hell defy,
To make Thy counsel void.
Not one of all the chosen race,
But shall to heaven attain;
Partake on earth the purposed grace,
And then with Jesus reign.
Of Father, Son, and Spirit, we
Extol the three-fold care,
Whose love, whose merit, and whose pow'r
Unite to lift us there.
