Just as Thou art, how wondrous fair
Verse 1
Just as Thou art, how wondrous fair, Lord Jesus, all Thy members are: A life divine to them is given, A long inheritance in heaven.
Verse 2
Just as I was I came to Thee, An heir of wrath and misery; Just as Thou art before the throne, I stand in righteousness Thine own.
Verse 3
Just as Thou art, how wondrous free: Loosed by the sorrows of the tree: Saviour! the curse, the wrath were Thine, To give Thy saints this life divine.
Verse 4
Just as Thou art, nor doubt, nor fear Can with Thy spotlessness appear; O timeless love! as Thee, I'm seen The righteousness of God in Him.
Verse 5
Just as Thou art, Thou Lamb divine! Life, light, and holiness are Thine: Thyself their endless source I see, And they, the life of God, in me.
Verse 6
Just as Thou art, O blissful ray That turned my darkness into day! That woke me from my death in sin To know my perfectness in Him.
Verse 7
O teach me, Lord, this grace to own, That self and sin no more are known: That love, Thy love, in wondrous right, Hath placed me in its spotless light.
Verse 8
Soon, soon, 'mid joys on joys untold, Thou wilt this grace and love unfold, Till worlds on worlds and adoring see The part Thy members have in Thee.
