Tune: Quebec
(\'Jesu, thou joy of loving hearts\')
1 Peter 1 v.3-5
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Blessed be the God and Father, He
Father of our Lord Jesus be
The Lord Jesus Christ, His true Son
Becomes here the atoning One
According to God\'s abundant
Mercy, He has His Son us sent
And has begotten us again
Salvation now unto all men* (*mankind)
Born again, or born from above
To a living hope by His love
It be by the resurrection
Of Jesus Christ, the risen Son
Begotten to inheritance
Which nothing can remove us thence
It be life incorruptible
And undefiled, spotless in all
And it fades not away, but be
Reserved in heaven for you, see
You who are kept by God\'s power
Unto salvation\'s final hour