Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Glory to God who reigns above
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Song 96
Page Number: 172, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGlory to God who reigns above,
Who dwells in light, whose name is love;
Come saints and angels, if you can,
Declare the love of God to man.
O! what can more his love commend
Than his beloved Son to send!
That man condemn'd to die, might live,
And God be glorious to forgive!
Messiah's come-with joy behold
The days by Prophets long foretold:
Judah, thy royal sceptre's broke,
And time still proves what Jacob spoke.
Daniel, thy weeks are all expir'd,
The time prophetic seals requir'd;
Cut off for sins, but not his own,
Thy Prince Messiah did atone.
Thy famous temple, Solomon,
Is by the latter far out shone:
It wanted not thy glitt'ring store,
Messiah's presence grac'd it more.
We see the prophecies fulfill'd
In Jesus, that most wond'rous child;
His birth, his life, his death combine
To prove his character divine.