By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Romans viii. 15, 16.
      1 SOVEREIGN of all the worlds on high,
      Allow my humble claim;
      Nor, while unworthy I draw nigh,
      Disdain a Father's name.

      2 "My Father God!" that gracious sound
      Dispels my guilty fear;
      Not all the harmony of heaven
      Could so delight my ear.

      3 Come, Holy Spirit, seal the grace
      On my expanding heart;
      And show that in the Father's love
      I share a filial part.

      4 Cheered by a witness so divine,
      Unwavering I believe;
      And, "Abba, Father," humbly cry;
      Nor can the sign deceive.