Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: Let others boast their ancient line
Topic: The Gospel/Spirit of Adoption
Writer: <no first name given> Cruttenden
Composer:
Meter: CLM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 425
Page Number: 258, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLet others boast their ancient line,
In long succession great;
In the proud list let heroes shine,
And monarchs swell the state;
Descended from the King of kings,
Each saint a nobler title sings.
Pronounce me, gracious God, thy son,
Own me an heir divine;
I'll pity princes on the throne,
When I can call thee mine:
Scepters and crowns unenvied rise,
And lose their luster in my eyes.
Content, obscure, I pass my days,
To all I meet unknown,
And wait till thou thy child shalt raise,
And seat me near thy throne;
No name, no honors here I crave,
Well pleas'd wit those beyond the grave.
Jesus, my elder brother, live;
With him I, too, shall reign:
Nor sin, nor death, while he survives,
Shall make the promise vain;
In him my title stands secure,
And shall while endless years endure.
When he, in robes divinely bright,
Shall once again appear,
Thou, too, my soul, shalt shine in light,
And his full image bear:
Enough! -- I wait th' appointed day --
Bless'd Saviour, haste, and come away!