FATHER, WE COME BEFORE THY THRONE

Father, we come before Thy throne
To give our praise to Thee alone
And lift Thy Son's name up on high;
'Tis upon that Name that we rely,
For 'tis in that Name we come to Thee —
'Tis by His blood we've been set free.

Lord, we thank Thee for what Thou hast done
In saving us through Thine own dear Son
Who gave His life for Adam's race.
We are naught but sinners saved by grace.
Help us, dear Lord, to watch and pray,
To show forth Christ Jesus every day;

To be truly servants in our walk,
In the way we act and live and talk,
In the way we treat our fellow man,
That those we meet may understand
That we are different, set apart,
That we've been renewed, changed in heart;

That the way we were we are no more;
We are born anew, our hope's restored
Because we've been washed in Jesus' blood,
Cleansed of sin beneath that flood
That flowed for us on Calvary's cross;
Redeemed forever from among the lost.

Give us a passion for the souls of men,
For brother, sister, neighbour, friend,
For men and women, boys and girls,
All who are bound up in the world,
Who are headed down the broad highway;
Toward destruction, to their great dismay.

Help us do that which Thou hast called us to:
To go and preach the Gospel true
To men of every race and creed
And tell them that it's Christ they need;
That salvation's found in no other name —
All once was dark, then Jesus came:

Came to pay the price for sin;
Came to redeem the souls of men;
Came to die on a sin-cursed tree
That man should be forever free
From the curse of sin on Adam's race,
Saved by Thine own matchless grace.

This we pray in that Name so dear,
The Name that is sweetest to the ear
Of every sinner who has come by faith
To partake of that same unfailing grace,
And has found release from fear and dread:
Jesus Christ, who for us bled.

a. franklin staples

September 21 - October 5, 1993


Copyright © 1993 by A. Franklin Staples