191    C.M.     R. Burnham
Grace Sovereign in Conversion. Deut. 7. 8; John 15. 16

1 O why did Jesus show to me
  The beauties of his face?
  Why to my soul did he convey
  The blessings of his grace?

2 O how could he so sweetly smile
  On such a wretch as I;
  I who his name did once revile,
  And his dear truth deny?

3 But ’twas because he loved my soul,
  Because he died for me,
  Because that nothing could control
  His great, his firm decree.

4 Lord, for thy manifested grace
  I’ll raise a cheerful song,
  Till I shall see thy brighter face
  ’Midst the celestial throng.