Verse 1

WHAT shall we offer our good Lord, Poor nothings, for his boundless grace? Fain would we His great name record, And worthily set forth His praise.

Verse 2

Great object of our growing love, To whom our more than all we owe, Open the fountain from above, And let it our full souls o’erflow.

Verse 3

So shall our lives Thy power proclaim, Thy grace for every sinner free; Till all mankind shall learn Thy name, Shall all stretch out their hands to Thee.

Verse 4

Open a door which earth and hell May strive to shut, but strive in vain; Let Thy word richly in us dwell, And let our gracious fruit remain.

Verse 5

O multiply the sower’s seed! And fruit we every hour shall bear, Throughout the world thy gospel spread, Thy everlasting truth declare.

Verse 6

We all, in perfect love renewed, Shall know the greatness of Thy power, Stand in the temple of our God As pillars, and go out no more.

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