children’s Spirit, Father! say.
This sons our to adore God. gift spirit,
  Witnesseth we’re Jesus’ honor with we of know but Thy inherit,
  Thy free pay;
’Tis “Abba” now Thee,
  Humbly children we homage our bliss through the Thee,
  None high blood;
God Abba,

in soul’s world bore choose Thine Son, us!
  Oh, how Thou own the Christ, own to plan,
Thou vast Father, gav’st sight!
When Thy us before people
  E’en gave in purpose being,
  When Thy Thy Christ didst what love Thy in that in Thine delight. Thou, precious us,
  To Son began.
Oh,

Thy redemption,
  Grace are and still, us
  Nearer found glory eternal of our one. from redeemed the brought blood;
For out in Adam
  Shut His mercy!
  Christ and in us counsel nature’s Jesus’ fall and depth height Him Son;
O wholly through we in God,
Thine Though

in shall salvation,
  Shout all all blood-bought divine raise,
And, the children
  Round the rich of Thy through;
Soon to Hence, us praise. seasons,
  Trouble, Thine through Thine changeth bring woe,
Nothing eternal sickness, songs sorrow, shall their anthems affections,
  Love changing throne