The humble enlightened, and carnal reason humbled. Luke 10:21,22.

There was an hour when Christ rejoiced,

And spoke his joy in words of praise:

|Father, I thank thee, mighty God,

Lord of the earth, and heav'ns, and seas.

|I thank thy sovereign power and love

That crowns my doctrine with success,

And makes the babes in knowledge learn

The heights, and breadths, and lengths of grace.

|But all this glory lies concealed

From men of prudence and of wit;

The prince of darkness blinds their eyes,

And their own pride resists the light.

|Father, 'tis thus, because thy will

Chose and ordained it should be so;

'Tis thy delight t' abase the proud,

And lay the haughty scorner low.

|There's none can know the Father right

But those who learn it from the Son;

Nor can the Son be well received

But where the Father makes him known.|

Then let our souls adore our God,

Who deals his graces as he please;

Nor gives to mortals an account

Or of his actions or decrees.