1  Grace in its highest definition is

    God in the Son to be enjoyed by us;

    It is not only something done or giv'n,

    But God Himself, our portion glorious.

 2  God is incarnate in the flesh that we

    Him may receive, experience ourself;

    This is the grace which we receive of God,

    Which comes thru Christ and which is Christ Himself.

 3  Paul the Apostle counted all as dung,

    'Twas only God in Christ he counted grace;

    'Tis by this grace — the Lord experienced —

    That he surpassed the others in the race.

 4  It is this grace — Christ as our inward strength —

    Which with His all-sufficiency doth fill;

    It is this grace which in our spirit is,

    There energizing, working out God's will.

 5  This grace, which is the living Christ Himself,

    Is what we need and must experience;

    Lord, may we know this grace and by it live,

    Thyself increasingly as grace to sense.