7. Hymn: Grace! ‵Tis a Charming Sound

Hymn: Grace! ‵Tis a Charming Sound

Author: Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

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1. Grace! ’tis a charming sound,
    Harmonious to the ear;
    Heav’n with the echo shall resound,
    And all the earth shall hear.

Refrein:

All sufficient grace!

Never powerless!

It is Christ who lives in me,

In His exhaustlessness.

2. ’Twas grace that wrote my name
    In life’s eternal book;
    ’Twas grace that gave me to the Lamb,
    Who all my sorrows took.

3. Grace taught my wandering feet
    To tread the pilgrim road;
    And new supplies each hour I meet
    While pressing on to God.

4. Grace taught my heart to pray,
    And made my eyes o’erflow;
    ’Tis grace which kept me to this day,
    And will not let me go.

5. Grace all the work shall crown
    Through everlasting days;
    It lays in love the topmost stone,
    And well deserves the praise.

6. Oh, let that grace inspire
    My heart with strength divine;
    May all my powers to Thee aspire,
    And all my days be Thine.