Thus it became the Prince of grace

Thus it became the Prince of grace

Author: John Norman
Published in 21 hymnals

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1 Thus it became the prince of grace,
And thus should all the favor'd race
High heaven's behests fulfil;
For that the condescending God
Should lead his followers thro' the flood,
Was heaven's eternal will.

2 'Tis not as led by custom's voice,
We make these ways our favor'd choice,
And thus with zeal pursue:
No; heaven's eternal sovereign Lord
Has in the precepts of his word,
Enjoin'd us thus to do.

3 And shall we ever dare despise
The gracious mandate of the skies,
Where condescending heaven,
To sinful's man's apostate race,
In matchless love and boundless grace,
His will reveal'd has given?

4 Thou everlasting gracious king,
Assist us now thy grace to sing,
And still direct our way,
To those bright realms of peace and rest,
Where all th' exulting tribes are bless'd
With one great choral day.


Source: A Selection of Hymns: from the best authors, intended to be an appendix to Dr. Watt's psalms and hymns. (1st Am. ed.) #CDXLIV

Author: John Norman

Norman, John, was a student at the Baptist College, Bristol, and entered the Baptist ministry, as assistant to D. Turner, in 1777. He was afterwards, for a short time, assistant to the Rev. P. Gibbs, of Plymouth, in which town he died in the spring of 1782. In Rippon's Baptist Selection 1787, appeared a hymn on Holy Baptism, "Thus it became the Prince of grace," in 4 stanzas of 6 lines, and signed "Norman." It is still in use in its full or in an abbreviated form. [Rev. W. R. Stevenson, M.A.] --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)  Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Thus it became the Prince of grace
Author: John Norman
Meter: 8.8.6.8.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Collection of Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs #d325

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs #S.CXLI

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A Selection of Hymns from the Best Authors. #444

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A Selection of Hymns #CDXLIV

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Baptist Hymn Book #a787

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Hymns for Christian Melody #345

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The Baptist Hymn Book #1117

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The Baptist Hymn Book #787

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The Boston Collection of Sacred and Devotional Hymns #25

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The Christian Harmonist #167

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The Cluster of Spiritual Songs, Divine Hymns and Sacred Poems #CCLIV

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The Discipline of the United Freewill Baptist Church #196

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The Psalms and Hymns of Dr. Watts #1162

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