To the Praise of His Glorious Grace

With astonishing mercy and power,
In accord with His pleasure and will
He created each planet, each flower,
Ev'ry galaxy, microbe, and hill.
He suspended this planet in space
To the praise of His glorious grace.

To the praise of His glorious grace.

With despicable self love and rage,
We rebelled and fell under the curse.
Yet God did not rip out the page
And destroy all who love the perverse.
No, He chose us to make a new race,
To the praise of His glorious grace.

To the praise of His glorious grace.

Providentially ruling all things
To conform to the end He designed,
He mysteriously governs and brings
His eternal, wise plans into time.
He works out every step, every trace,
To the praise of His glorious grace.

To the praise of His glorious grace.

Long before the creation began,
He foreknew those He'd ransom in Christ.
Long before time's cold hourglass ran,
He ordained the supreme Sacrifice.
In the Cross He removed our disgrace,
To the praise of His glorious grace.

To the praise of His glorious grace.

We were blessed in the heavenly realm
Long before being included in Christ.
Since we heard the good news, overwhelmed,
We reach forward to seize Paradise.
We shall see Him ourselves, face to face,
To the praise of His glorious grace.

To the praise of His glorious grace.

Text by D. A. Carson
Based on Ephesians 1:3-14
Music by Paul Boling and Gerald Edmonds
Copyright 2000 Christway Media, Inc.
A sound clip is available here.

This hymn has been a wonderful blessing to our family. (We listen to it so often, Elizabeth is memorizing it!) I was delighted when JM found two more verses that are not included on the CD. Now someone just needs to translate it into Spanish!