Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Ere the blue heavens were stretched abroad
Topic: Christ/Word
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Joseph Mainzer
Meter: LM
Tune: Mainzer
Hymn Number: 12
Page Number: 006, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsERE the blue heavens were stretched abroad,
From everlasting was the Word;
With God he was, the Word was God,
And must divinely be adored.
By his own power were all things made;
By him supported, all things stand;
He is the whole creation's head,
And angels fly at his command.
But, lo! he leaves those heavenly forms;
The word descends and dwells in clay,
That he may converse hold with worms,
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.
Archangels leave their high abode
To learn new mysteries here, and tell
The love of our descending God,
The glories of Immanuel.