John 2:47: The church in ancient days

The church in ancient days
Was sinners saved from sin,
And souls through Jesus' grace
Were daily taken in j
Pardon and faith together given
Threw open wide the gates of heaven.

Saviour, we know, Thou art
I n every age the same:
Now Lord in ours exert
The virtue of Thy name;
And daily through Thy word increase
The blood-besprinkled witnesses.

The people saved below
From every sinful stain,
Shall multiply and grow,
If Thy command ordain;
And one into a thousand rise,
And spread Thy praise through earth and skies.

In many a soul, and mine,
Thou hast display'd Thy power;
But to Thy people join
Ten thousand, thousand more;
ived from the guilt and strength of sin,
In life and heart entirely clean.

Saved by Thy blood applied
The moment we believe,
Let us in Thee abide
And grace for grace receive.
Till sunk into a perfect man,
And meet in all Thy foy to reign.