Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: O Jesus the glory the wonder and love
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 5
Page Number: 056, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO Jesus! the glory, the wonder, and love,
Of angels and glorify'd spirits above,
And saints who behold thee not, yet dearly love,
Rejoicing in hope of thy glory.
Thou only and wholly art lovely and fair,
Who robb'st not the Father with him to compare,
The Father's own image glows in thee-shines there
In visible bodily glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee;
Excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty,--
Glory environs thee:
Pow'r, honor, dominion, and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands.
Wherever we view thee new glories arise:
The man that's God's fellow, who rides on the skies,
Made flesh, dwelt among us, brought God near our eyes,
In grace and truth showing his glory.
Thou spak'st to existence the heav'ns and their hosts,
The earth and its fulness, the seas and their coasts;
Time hangs on they word, and eternity boasts
To crown and adorn thee with glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee;
Excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty,--
Glory environs thee;
Pow'r, honor, dominion, and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands.
But how lovely art thou, when, with infant cries,
And childhood, thou meet'st us in that dear disguise!
Thy loves, past all knowledge, with rapture surprise,
And ravish our hearts with thy glory.
In thy blessed body, on the cursed tree,
Thou bar'st all our sins, while thy God forsook thee,
Expiring in blood for our life: and lo, we
Exult in thy merit and glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee;
Excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty,--
Glory environs thee;
Pow'r, honor, dominion, and life rest on thee:
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands!
Thy birth all divine, from the grave back again,
Brought thee, King of Glory, O Lamb that was slain,
First-born from the dead, crown'd with honor or supreme,
Thy throne is establish'd in glory.
There reign in thy glory, O thou Great Ador'd,
Till thy foes, crush'd under thy feet, triumph no more;
Thy throne shall triumph over all things restor'd,
And eternity blaze with thy glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee;
Excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty,--
Glory environs thee;
Pow'r, honor, dominion, and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands.