The Covenant

The Lord proclaims His grace abroad! " Behold, I change your hearts of stone; Each shall renounce his idol-god, And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone.

" My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds To wash your filthiness away; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey.

" My truth the great design ensures, I give myself away to you; You shall be mine, I will be yours, Your God unalterably true.

" Yet not unsought or unimplored, The plenteous grace I shall confer; Noyour whole hearts shall seek the Lord, I'll put a praying spirit there.

" From the first breath of life divine Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my power."