Highly favored congregation Loved by Jesus and esteemed

Verse 1

Highly favored congregation, loved by Jesus and esteemed, ne’er forget thy destination, why from this vain world redeemed.

Verse 2

Grounded on your Savior’s merit, blessed in his communion sweet, destined heaven to inherit, and the church above to meet.

Verse 3

Witness here to all around you of your Savior’s dying love; tell them how he sought and found you, gave you grace from heav'n above.

Verse 4

Evidence by word and action that your faith is not in vain, that your highest satisfaction centers in the Lamb once slain.

Verse 5

By love’s closest bonds united, as the Lord’s own family, be to serve his name excited, be to him a fruitful tree.