A Selection of Hymns ‎#CCCXXII

CCCXXII. Growing in Grace

1 Praise to thy name, eternal God,
For all the grace thou shed'st abroad;
For all thy influence from above,
To warm our souls with sacred love:

2 Bless'd be thy hand, which from the skies
Brought down this plant of Paradise,
And gave its heavenly beauties birth
To deck this wilderness of earth.

3 But why does that celestial flower
Open, and thrive, and shine no more?
Where are its balmy odors fled?
And why reclines its beauteous head?

4 Too plain, alas! the langour shews
Th' unkindly soil in which it grows;
Where the black frost and beating storm
Wither, and rend its tender form.

5 Unchanging sun thy beams display,
To drive the frost and storms away;
Make all thy potent virtues known
To cheer a plant so much thy own.

6 And thou, bless'd spirit deign to blow
Fresh gales of Heaven on shrubs below;
So shall they grow, and breathe abroad
A fragrance grateful to our God.

Text Information

• First Line: Praise to thy name, eternal God
• Title: Growing in Grace
• Author: Dr. Doddridge
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1792
• Scripture:
  2 Peter 3:18
• Topic: The Christian; Christian: Growing in grace; Growing in Grace; Growth in Grace; Prosperity of the soul desired

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