"1. Hail sovereign love that first began the scheme to res-cue fall-en man;
Hail matchless free eternal grace that gave my soul a hiding place.
Against the God that rules the sky I fought with hand uplifted high;
Despised His rich abounding grace, too proud to seek a hiding place.
2. Enwrapt in thick Egyptian night, and fond of darkness more than light,
Madly I ran the sinful race, Secure without a hiding place.
But thus the eternal counsel ran, "Almighty love arrest that man;"
I felt the arrows of distress, and found I had no hiding place.
3. Indignant justice stood in view, to Sinai's fiery mount I flew;
But justice cried with frowning face, "This Mountain is no hiding place"
Ere long a heavenly voice I heard, and mercy's angels form appeared;
She led me on, with gentle pace, to Jesus as my hiding place
4. Should storms of thundering vengeance roll, and shake the earth from pole to pole,
No flaming blot shall daunt my face, for Jesus is my hiding place.
A few more rolling suns at most, will land me safe on Canaan's cost.
Where I shall sing the song of grace, and see my glorious hiding place."
Hail matchless free eternal grace that gave my soul a hiding place.
Against the God that rules the sky I fought with hand uplifted high;
Despised His rich abounding grace, too proud to seek a hiding place.
2. Enwrapt in thick Egyptian night, and fond of darkness more than light,
Madly I ran the sinful race, Secure without a hiding place.
But thus the eternal counsel ran, "Almighty love arrest that man;"
I felt the arrows of distress, and found I had no hiding place.
3. Indignant justice stood in view, to Sinai's fiery mount I flew;
But justice cried with frowning face, "This Mountain is no hiding place"
Ere long a heavenly voice I heard, and mercy's angels form appeared;
She led me on, with gentle pace, to Jesus as my hiding place
4. Should storms of thundering vengeance roll, and shake the earth from pole to pole,
No flaming blot shall daunt my face, for Jesus is my hiding place.
A few more rolling suns at most, will land me safe on Canaan's cost.
Where I shall sing the song of grace, and see my glorious hiding place."