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The Glories of Adoption

1 John 3: 1-3
Rom. 8:15

S.M.
WATTS

1  BEHOLD what wondrous grace
The Father has bestowed
On sinners of a mortal race
To call them sons of God.

2  'Tis no surprising thing
That we should be unknown
The Jewish world knew not their King,
God's everlasting Son;

3  Nor does it yet appear
How great we must be made;
But when we see our Saviour there,
We shall be like our Head,

4  A hope so much divine
May trials well endure,
For we, as sons in Christ, are made
As pure as he is pure.

5  If in my Father's love
I share a filial part,
Send down thy Spirit, like a dove,
To rest upon my heart

6  We would no longer lie
Like slaves before thy throne;
Our faith shall Abba, Father, cry,
And thou the kindred own.