61    L.M.     R. Burnham
Predestination. Acts 13. 48; Rom. 8. 30

1 ’Twas fixed in God’s eternal mind
  When his dear sons should mercy find;
  From everlasting he decreed
  When every good should be conveyed.

2 Determined was the manner how
  Eternal favours he’d bestow;
  Yea, he decreed the very place
  Where he would show triumphant grace.

3 Also the means were fixed upon
  Through which his sovereign love should run.
  So time and place, yea, means and mode,
  Were all determined by our God.

4 Vast were the settlements of grace
  On millions of the human race;
  And every favour, richly given,
  Flows from the high decree of heaven.

5 [In every mercy, full and free,
  A sovereign God I wish to see;
  To see how grace, free grace has reigned,
  In every blessing he ordained.

6 Yes, dearest Lord, ’tis my desire
  Thy wise appointments to admire;
  And trace the footsteps of my God,
  Through every path in Zion’s road.]