GREAT God of wonders! all Thy ways Display the attributes divine; But countless acts of pardoning grace, Beyond Thine other wonders shine:
Who is a pardoning God like Thee? Or who has grace so rich and free?
Such dire offences to forgive, Such guilty, daring worms to spare; This is Thy grand prerogative, And in the honour none shall share:
In wonder lost, with trembling joy, We take the pardon of our God, Pardon for sins of deepest dye, A pardon bought with Jesus’ blood:
O may this strange, this wondrous grace, This matchless miracle of love, Fill the wide earth with grateful praise And all the angelic choirs above:
Samuel Davies, 1723-61