Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Soon as the reign of sin began
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Psalm 23
Page Number: 048, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsSOON as the reign of sin began,
The light of mercy dawn'd on man,
When God announc'd the early news-
"The woman's seed thy head shall bruise."
Brightly it beam'd on men forlorn,
When Christ, the holy child, was born;
And in its fullest splendor shone,
When dying Jesus cried, "Tis done."
It triumph'd when from death he rose,
And broke the pow'r of all our foes;
And since he took his seat on high,
Now mercy reigns eternally.
Let haughty mortals frown and fret,
Who condescending mercy hate;
Through all the regions of the blest,
That mercy only is confest.
Till we shall join the happy throng,
This mercy still shall be our song;
And ev'ry scheme shall God confound
Of such as strive its course to bound!