Dear Lord, forbid that we should boast,

Dear Lord, forbid that we should boast,
Save in the cross of Christ,
Here may we confidently trust,
And solemnly rejoice.

A triune God is here displayed
In all his glorious hue;
Here sinners may approach and live,
Behold and love him too.

Here we have power to plead with God,
And call the Lord our own;
With pleasure view our Father sit
Upon a smiling throne.

Lose sight of Jesus and his cross,
And soon we fall a prey;
Our lust and pride, by power or craft,
Will carry us away.

But when, by faith, the cross we view,
Such is its mighty power,
Though earth and hell unite with sin,
We conquer and adore.