Hymns, Selected and Original ‎#101

101. Thee we adore, Eternal Word!

1 Thee we adore, Eternal Word!
The Father's equal Son;
By heaven's obedient hosts ador'd,
Ere time its course begun.

2 The first creation has display'd
Thine energy divine;
For not a single thing was made
By other hands than thine.

3 But ranson'd sinners, with delight,
Sublimer facts survey,--
The all-creating Word unites
Himself to dust and clay.

4 Creation's Author now assumes
A creature's humble form:
A man of grief and wo becomes,
And trod on like a worm.

5 The Lord of glory bears the shame
To vile transgressors due;
Justice the Prince of life condemns
To die in anguish too.--

6 God over all, for ever blest,
The righteous curse endures;
And thus, to souls with sin distrest,
Eternal bliss ensures.

7 What wonders in thy person meet,
My Saviour, all divine!
I fall with rapture at thy feet,
And would be wholly thine.

Text Information

• First Line: Thee we adore, Eternal Word!
• Meter: C. M.
• Publication Date: 1828
• Topic: Christ: Divinity; The Divinity of Christ

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