The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#386

386. Is this the kind return

1 Is this the kind return,
Are these the thanks we owe,
Thus to abuse eternal love,
Whence all our blessings flow?

2 To what a stubborn frame
Has sin reduced our mind!
What strange rebellious wretches we,
And God as strangely kind!

3 Turn, turn us, mighty God,
And mold our souls afresh;
Break, sovereign grace, these hearts of stone,
And give us hearts of flesh.

Text Information

• First Line: Is this the kind return
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Christ the Way of Life

Tune Information

• Name: OLMUTZ
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: S.M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #688, 736, or 266.