A Hymn on Union with Christ

'Twixt Jesus and the Chosen Race

Subsists a bond of sov'reign grace,

That hell, with its infernal train,

Shall ne'er dissolve, or rend in twain.

This sacred bond shall never break,

Though earth should to her center shake;

Rest, doubting saint, assured of this,

For God has pledged His holiness.

He swore but once the deed was done;

'Twas settled by the great Three One;

Christ was appointed to redeem

All that the Father loved in Him.

Hail, sacred union, firm and strong

How great thy grace, how sweet the song,

That rebel worms should ever be

One with incarnate Deity!

One in the tomb, one when He rose,

One when he triumphed o'er His foes

One when in heav'n He took His seat,

While seraphs sung at hell's defeat.

Blessed by the wisdom and the grace,

Th' eternal love and faithfulness,

That's in the gospel scheme revealed,

And is by God the Spirit sealed.

(Written by John Kent [1766-1843])