My Saviour-God, My Sovereign-Prince

Verse 1

My Saviour-God, my Sovereign-Prince
Reigns far above the skies;
But brings his graces down to sense,
And helps my faith to rise.

Verse 2

My eyes and ears shall bless his Name,
They read and hear his word;
My touch and taste shall do the same
When they receive the Lord.

Verse 3

Baptismal water is design’d
To seal his cleansing grace;
While at his feast of bread and wine
He gives his saints a place.

Verse 4

But not the waters of a flood
Can make my flesh so clean,
As by his Spirit and his blood
He’ll wash my soul from sin.

Verse 5

Not choicest meats or noblest wines,
So much my heart refresh,
As when my faith goes thro’ the signs,
And feeds upon his flesh.

Verse 6

I love the Lord, that stoops so low
To give his word a seal;
But the rich grace his hands bestow
Exceeds the figures still.