Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: O Jesus the glory the wonder and love
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: 669
Page Number: 364, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO JESUS! the glory, the wonder and love,
Of angels and glorify'd spirits above,
And saints who behold thee not, yet dearly love,
Rejoicing in hope of thy glory!
Thou only and wholly art lovely and fair,
Who robb'st not the Father with him to compare,
The Father's own image glows in thee--shines there
In visible bodily glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee: excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty; glory environs thee;
Power, honor, dominion, and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands!
Wherever we view thee new glories arise,
The man that's God's fellow, who rides on the skies,
Made flesh, dwelt amongst us, brought God near our eyes,
In grace and truth showing his glory.
Thou spak'st to existence the heav'ns and their hosts,
The earth and its fulness, the seas and their coasts;
Time hangs on thy word, and eternity boasts,
To crown and adorn thee with glory;
Worthiness dwells in thee; excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty; glory environs thee;
Power, honor, dominion and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands!
Thy birth all divine, from the grave back again
Brought thee, King of Glory! O Lamb that was slain;
First born from the dead, crown'd with honor supreme,
Thy throne is established in glory.
There reign in thy glory, O thou great Ador'd,
Till under thy feet, thy foes crush'd, be no more;
Thy throne shall triumph over all things restor'd,
And eternity blaze with thy glory.
Worthiness dwells in thee; excellent dignity,
Beauty and majesty; glory environs thee;
Power, honor, dominion and life rest on thee,
O thou chiefest among the ten thousands!