The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12579

12579. The Lord, Our Lord, How Rich His Grace!

1 The Lord, our Lord, how rich His grace!
What stores of sovereign love
For humble souls, that seek His face,
And to His footstool move!

2 He pleads the cause of all His saints,
When foes against them rise;
He listens to their sad complaints,
And wipes their streaming eyes.

3 He takes away that dreadful cup
Of fury and of plagues,
Which justice sentenced them to drink,
And wring the bitter dregs.

4 He gave it to their Savior’s hand,
And filled it to the brim;
Their Savior drank the liquid death,
That they might live by Him.

5 Now take the cup of life, He cries,
Where heav’nly blessings flow:
Drink deep, nor fear to drain the springs
To which the draught ye owe.

6 We drink, and feel our life renewed,
And all our woes forget:
We drink, till that transporting hour,
When we our Lord shall meet.

Text Information

• First Line: The Lord, our Lord, how rich His grace!
• Title: The Lord, Our Lord, How Rich His Grace!
• Author: Philip Doddridge, 1702-1751
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Source: Published posthumously in Hymns Founded on Various Texts in the Holy Scriptures, by Job Orton (J. Eddowes and J. Cotton, 1755)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: GRÄFENBERG by Johann Crüger, HERMON by Lowell Mason, HUNNYS from "Seven Sobs of a Sorrowful Soul"

Tune Information

• Name: JAZER
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816-1868
• Meter: CM
• Key: G Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain