CHURCH of God, beloved and chosen, Church of Christ, for whom He died, Claim thy gifts and praise thy Giver!— @3'Ye are washed and sanctified.'@1 Sanctified by God the Father, and by Jesus Christ His Son, And by God the Holy Spirit, Holy, Holy, Three in One. By His will He sanctifieth, by the Spirit's power within; By the loving Hand that chasteneth fruits of righteousness to win; By His truth and by His promise, by the Word, His gift unpriced, By His own blood, and by union with the risen life of Christ. Holiness by faith in Jesus, not by effort of thine own,— Sin's dominion crushed and broken by the power of grace alone,— God's own holiness within thee, His own beauty on thy brow,— This shall be thy pilgrim brightness, this thy blessed portion now. He will sanctify thee wholly; body, spirit, soul shall be Blameless till thy Saviour's coming in His glorious majesty! He hath perfected for ever those whom He hath sanctified; Spotless, glorious, and holy is the Church, His chosen Bride. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EACH IN HIS OWN TONGUE by WILLIAM HERBERT CARRUTH IN THE HOLY NATIVITY [OF OUR LORD GOD]; AS SUNG BY SHEPHERDS by RICHARD CRASHAW NOBODY KNOWS BUT MOTHER by MARY MORRISON ARCADIA: THE BARGAIN by PHILIP SIDNEY THE EARLY PRIMROSE by HENRY KIRKE WHITE THE OLD BURYING-GROUND by JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER THE MESSAGE-BEARER by JOHN D. BARRY |