John 3:11: Our Maker and redeeming Lord

Our Maker and redeeming Lord
Whom all Thy heavens cannot contain,
The real Light, the' eternal Word,
The truth itself Thou speak'st to man;
Who only dost the Father know,
Thou dost His mysteries reveal,
The wisdom of His conduct show,
And teach the ways unsearchable. /

Yet none of all our fallen race
By his own proper power receives
The record of Thy heavenly grace,
Or in Thy faithful word believes;
Unless Thou take the bar away,
Our helpless unbelief remove,
Thy life into our souls convey.
And teach our hearts that God is love.

The truth Thy witnesses have known,
And seen, and felt they all confess;
But still the Christian world disown
That second birth to righteousness:
Jesus, the Spirit's power exert,
The stubborn infidels convince,
The humbled infidels convert.
And truly save from all their sins.