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Author: James Relly Meter: 8.8.8.8 Appears in 5 hymnals First Line: By grace we know, to us it's clear Lyrics: 1 By grace we know, to us it's clear, When Christ, our Saviour, shall appear, We shall be like him, O what bliss! For we shall see him as he is. 2 When as he is, we him descry, In spirit's light and mystery; Unnumber'd beauties in him shine, Beauties of God, and man divine: 3 Beauties of holiness and grace, Adorn our Saviour's lovely face; Eternal truth and righteousness Doth he, in purity possess. 4 When as he is, we him do see, From evy'r spot and wrinkle free: How glorious is the worthy Lamb! How venerable is his name! 5 But, O what glorious Grace is this! That when we see him as he is, We see ourselves, and are assur'd That we are like our dearest Lord. 6 As we his mystic fulness are, He gives us each a member's share In all his grace: the favour'd bride Is with his likeness satisfied. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testatment Scripture: Romans 8:29-30

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By Grace we know, to us it's clear

Hymnal: Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs #I.LIX (1776) Lyrics: 1 By Grace we know, to us it's clear, When Christ, our Saviour, shall appear, We shall be like him, O what Bliss! For we shall see him as he is. 2 When as he is we him descry, In Spirit's Light and Mystery; Unnumber'd Beauties in him shine, Beauties of God and Man divine: 3 Beauties of Holiness and Grace, Adorn our Saviour's lovely Face; Eternal Truth and Righteousness Doth he in Purity posess. 4 When as he is we him do see, From evy'r Spot and Wrinkle free: How glorious is the worthy Lamb! How venerable is his Name! 5 But, O what glorious Grace is this! That when we see him as he is, We see ourselves, and are assur'd That we are like our dearest Lord. 6 As we his mystic Fulness are, He gives us each a Member's Share In all his Grace: The favour'd Bride Is with his Likeness satisfy'd. 7 Jesus, enough, we're as thou art! With this great Truth we ne'er will part; Each Member here is as the Head, Each as its Lord is perfected. 8 But yet, as Crystals pure transmit Their Lustre whence they borrow it: From thee, O Christ, we all receive; To thee we all the Glory give. 9 What yet shall gloriously advance Our Joys, is thy Pre-eminence; 'Tis Heav'n to see thee wear the Crown, And prostrate at thy Feet fall down. Scripture: 1 John 3:2 Languages: English

By grace we know, to us it's clear

Hymnal: Evangelical Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #17 (1792) Languages: English

By grace we know, to us it's clear

Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #151 (1808)

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James Relly

1722 - 1778 Author of "Glorification with Christ" James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ. He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Church of America. Relly along with his brother John wrote Christian Hymns, Poems and Spiritual Songs in 1758, which John Murray had republished in America in 1776. Dianne Shapiro; from an article by Alexander Gordon in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48; Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; and Disoriented. Reoriented. blog (https://disorientedtheology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/all-shall-be-well-chapter-6-james-relly/)