Hymns, #497

Experience of Christ - As Grace

Eng/Kor:497  Chin:376  Span:211  Rus:265  Tag:497  Fra:497  Por:234

Lyrics:Witness Lee
Music:H. J. E. Holmes
Meter:10.10.10.10.

Hymn using same tune: #350

 
 1 

Grace in its highest definition is

God in the Son to be enjoyed by us;

It is not only something done or giv'n,

But God Himself, our portion glorious.

 
 2 

God is incarnate in the flesh that we

Him may receive, experience ourself;

This is the grace which we receive of God,

Which comes thru Christ and which is Christ Himself.

 
 3 

Paul the Apostle counted all as dung,

'Twas only God in Christ he counted grace;

'Tis by this grace — the Lord experienced —

That he surpassed the others in the race.

 
 4 

It is this grace — Christ as our inward strength —

Which with His all-sufficiency doth fill;

It is this grace which in our spirit is,

There energizing, working out God's will.

 
 5 

This grace, which is the living Christ Himself,

Is what we need and must experience;

Lord, may we know this grace and by it live,

Thyself increasingly as grace to sense.

 
Hymn #497