53--Our God and Father, we respond anew

Our God and Father, we respond anew

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	1.	Our God and Father, we respond anew
		To love in Christ revealed, and praise Thy
		Name.
		He did Thy will; and for the joy in view,
		Endured the cross, despising all the shame.
	2.	He, midst His brethren, strikes the note of
		praise;
		We hear His song, our hearts responsive swell;
		And on this day when He His voice doth raise,
		In spirit we do join and praise Thee well.
	3.	Chosen in Him, Thy well-beloved Son,
		We have our part in joy before Thy face;
		Predestined, ere this world had yet begun,
		For that blest world, where all bespeaks Thy
		grace.
	4.	Sons loved and loving, whom Thy Spirit fills,
		Our endless portion Christ in us to be;
		Each with some trait of Him whose love us
		thrills,
		For Thy delight and joy eternally.