Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O love beyond conception great
Topic: God/In Redemption
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 108
Page Number: 067, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLord, what is man! Extremes how wide
In this mysterious nature join!
The flesh to worms and dust allied,
The soul immortal and divine.
Divine at first, a holy flame
Kindled by heaven's inspiring breath;
Till sin, with pow'r prevailing, came;
Then follow'd darkness, shame, and death.
But Jesus, O amazing grace!
Assum'd our nature as his own,
Obey'd and suffer'd in our place,
Then took it with him to his throne.
Now what is man, when grace reveals
The virtue of a Saviour's blood?
Again a life divine he feels,
Despises earth and walks with God!
And what, in yonder realms above,
Is ransom'd man ordain'd to be!
With honor, holiness, and love,
No seraph more adorn'd than he.
Nearest the throne, and first in song,
Man shall his hallelujahs raise;
While wond'ring angels round him throng
And swell the chorus of his praise.