Hymns on God's Everlasting Love, 14

God's Sovereign, Everlasting Love.
O ALL-REDEEMING Lord,
Thy kindness I record:
Me Thy kindness hath allured,
Call'd, and drawn me from above;
Sweetly am I thus assured
Of Thy everlasting love.
But is Thy grace less free
For others than for me?
Lord, I have not learn'd Thee so;
Good to every man Thou art,
Free as air Thy mercies flow;
So I feel it in my heart.
Thee every soul may find
Loving to all mankind;
All have once Thy drawings proved,
Every soul may say, with me,
Me the Friend of sinners loved,
Loved from all eternity.

Before His name I knew
Me to Himself He drew,
My unconscious heart inclined
To pursue some good unknown;
Happiness I long'd to find,
Happiness is God alone.

God is the thing I sought,
But then I knew it not:
Who shall show me any good?
(With the many still I cried)
Rest was only in Thy blood,
Who for me, for all, hast died.

The world's Desire and Hope
For this was lifted up;
Lord, Thou didst hereby engage
To draw all men unto Thee,
All in every place and age:
Grace for all mankind is free!

The Spirit of Thy love
With every soul hath strove;
Every fallen soul of man
May recover from his fall,
See the Lamb for sinners slain,
Feel that He hath died for all.

Thou dost not mock our race
With insufficient grace;
Thou hast reprobated none,
Thou from Pharaoh's blood art free;
Thou didst once for all atone —
Judas, Esau, Cain, and me.