Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Ere the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad
Topic: Christ/Deity
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Israel Holdroyd
Meter: LM
Tune: Wells
Hymn Number: 11
Page Number: 010, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsERE the blue heav'ns were stretch'd abroad,
From everlasting was the Word;
With God He was, the Word was God,
And must divinely be adored.
By His own pow'r 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 heav'nly 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 myst'ries here, and ***
The love of our descending God,
The glories of Immanuel.