Here you will find the Poem Olney Hymn 13: The Covenant of poet William Cowper
The Lord proclaims His grace abroad! 'Behold, I change your hearts of stone; Each shall renounce his idol-god, And serve, henceforth, the Lord alone. 'My grace, a flowing stream, proceeds To wash your filthiness away; Ye shall abhor your former deeds, And learn my statutes to obey. 'My truth the great design ensures, I give myself away to you; You shall be mine, I will be yours, Your God unalterably true. 'Yet not unsought or unimplored, The plenteous grace I shall confer; No - your whole hearts shall seek the Lord, I'll put a praying spirit there. 'From the first breath of life divine Down to the last expiring hour, The gracious work shall all be mine, Begun and ended in my power.'
