Infinite grace, and can it be

Verse 1

Infinite grace! and can it be That heaven's Supreme should stoop so low! To visit one so vile as I, One who has been his bitt'rest foe!

Verse 2

Can holiness and wisdom join, With truth, with justice, and with grace, To make eternal blessings mine, And sin, with all its guilt erase?

Verse 3

O love! beyond conception great, That form'd the vast, stupendous plan! Where all divine perfections meet To reconcile rebellious man!

Verse 4

There wisdom shines in fullest blaze, And justice all her rights maintains! Astonish'd angels stoop to gaze, While mercy o'er the guilty reigns.

Verse 5

Yes, mercy reigns, and justice too-- In Christ harmoniously they meet: He paid to justice all her due, And now he fills the mercy-seat.

Verse 6

Such are the wonders of our God, And such th'amazing depths of grace, To save from wrath's vindictive rod, The sons of Adam's fallen race.

Verse 7

With grateful songs, then let our souls Surround our gracious Father's throne; And all between the distant poles His truth and mercy ever own.