"The Gospel Shows the Father's Grace"
                   by Matthias Loy, 1828-1915
                                 Text From:
                      THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL
        (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1941)



        1. The Gospel shows the Father's grace,
        Who sent His Son to save our race,
        Proclaims how Jesus lived and died
        That man might thus be justified.

        2. It sets the Lamb before our eyes,
        Who made the atoning sacrifice,
        And call the souls with guilt opprest
        To come and find eternal rest.

        3. It brings the Savior's righteousness
        Our souls to robe in royal dress;
        From all our guilt it brings release
        And gives the troubled conscience peace.

        4. It is the power of God to save
        From sin and Satan and the grave;
        It works the faith, which firmly clings
        To all the treasures which it brings.

        5. It bears to all the tidings glad
        And bids their hearts no more be sad;
        The heavy-laden souls it cheers
        And banishes their guilty fears.

        6. May we in faith its tidings learn
        Nor thanklessly its blessings spurn;
        May we in faith its truth confess
        And praise the Lord our Righteousness!

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        Notes:
        Hymn #297 from The Lutheran Hymnal
        Text: John 3: 16
        Author: Matthias Loy, 1863
        Tune: Herr Jesu Christ, dich
        1st Published in: "Cantionale Germanicum"
        Town: Dresden, 1628
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