Eternal depth of love divine,
In Jesus, God with us, displayed;
How bright Thy beaming glories shine!
How wide Thy healing streams are spread!
With whom dost Thou delight to dwell?
Sinners, a vile and thankless race:
O God, what tongue aright can tell
How vast Thy love, how great Thy grace!
The dictates of Thy sovereign will
With joy our grateful hearts receive:
All Thy delight in us fulfill;
Lo! all we are to Thee we give.
To Thy sure love, Thy tender care,
Our flesh, soul, spirit, we resign:
O fix Thy sacred presence there,
And seal the abode for ever Thine.
O King of glory, Thy rich grace
Our feeble thought surpasses far;
Yea, even our crimes, though numberless,
Less numerous than Thy mercies are.
Still, Lord, Thy saving health display,
And arm our souls with heav’nly zeal;
So fearless shall we urge our way
Through all the powers of earth and hell.
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Count Zinzendorf (1700 - 1760)
Was wonderfully used of the Lord to see a recovery of the Bohemian Brethren movement who were almost totally destroyed because of violent persecution. Under his leadership he encouraged great spiritual unity amongst believers and also showed the true Headship of Jesus Christ over His Church. In 1727 the Holy Spirit fell in their small Christian community and the started to send our workers into His harvest field. There was also a 100 year prayer meeting that started in that time praying for all the missionaries sent out.You can hear the impassioned words of faith in this wonderful follower of the Lord in his writings: “These wounds were meant to purchase me. These drops of blood were shed to obtain me. I am not my own today. I belong to another. I have been bought with a price. And I will live every moment of this day so that the Great Purchaser of my soul will receive the full reward of His suffering.”