The Lord proclaims his grace abroad

The covenant by William Cowper


 * The Lord proclaims his grace abroad!
 * Behold, I change your hearts of stone;
 * Each shall renounce his idol god,
 * And serve, henceforth, the LORD alone.


 * My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds
 * To wash your filthiness away;
 * Ye shall abhor your former deeds,
 * And learn my statutes to obey.


 * My truth the great design insures,
 * I give myself away to you;
 * You shall be mine, I will be yours,
 * Your GOD unalterably true.


 * Yet not unsought, or unimplored,
 * The plenteous grace shall I confer;
 * No--your whole hearts shall seek the Lord,
 * I'll put a praying spirit there.


 * From the first breath of life divine,
 * Down to the last expiring hour;
 * The gracious work shall all be mine,
 * Begun and ended in my pow'r.