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When favour'd John beheld
Appears in 3 hymnals Lyrics: 1 When favour'd John beheld
The Visions of the Lord,
With Admiration fill'd,
He heard the Father's Word
Revealing what his Purpose was,
And what his Love should bring to pass.
2 Thus spake the sov'reign Lord,
Whilst on his Throne he sat,
"Hear ye my faithful Word;
"Behold I will create,
"And make all Things in Love anew:
"Write thou these Words, for they are true."
3 When God had thus declar'd
The secret of his Will,
The Man who was prepar'd
His Counsel to fulfil,
Emphatically spake to John,
And said, "Behold, the Work is done:
4 "For I the Alpha am,
"And the Omega too;
"You, in this sacred Name,
"The finish'd work may view:
"I, the Beginning and the End
"Of all the Joys which you attend."
5 The Father's great Decree
In him is now fulfill'd;
In Spirit there we see
All Things are reconcil'd,
And made comformable to God,
Wash'd from all Filth in Jesu's Blood.
6 New Heav'ns and Earth we spy,
With Hearts of God inspir'd,
Which ancient Prophecy
Foretold, and Saints desir'd:
That Jesus is this Grace, is true,
Where old Things cease, and all is new.
7 New Nature, pure, divine,
New Testament and Plan,
New Glories on us shine,
In Christ the heav'nly Man;
Our old Man he was crucify'd,
And lost from us when Jesus dy'd.
8 'Tis done, we're made anew,
And our Intelligence
Receives the Record true;
In Spirit we commence
That perfect Man, who did proclaim
The first and last to be his Name.
Scripture: Revelation 21:5-6
When favour'd John beheld
When favored John beheld
Author: James Relly Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #161 (1808)
When favored John beheld
Maker of All Things anew
Author: James Relly Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CCXXIX (1792) Meter: Irregular First Line: When favored John beheld Lyrics: 1 When favour'd John beheld
The visions of the Lord,
With admiration fill'd,
He heard the Father's word
Revealing what his purpose was,
And what his love should bring to pass.
2 Thus spake the sov'reign Lord,
Whilst on his throne he sat,
"Hear ye my faithful word;
Behold I will create,
And make all things in love anew:
Write thou these words, for they are true."
3 When God had thus declar'd
The secret of his will,
The man who was prepar'd
His counsel to fulfil,
Emphatically spake to John,
And said, "Behold, the work is done:
4 For I the Alpha am,
And the Omega too;
You, in this sacred name,
The finish'd work may view:
I, the Beginning and the End
Of all the joys which you attend."
Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: Revelation 21:5 Languages: English
Maker of All Things anew
When favour'd John beheld
Hymnal: Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs #I.XLI (1776) Lyrics: 1 When favour'd John beheld
The Visions of the Lord,
With Admiration fill'd,
He heard the Father's Word
Revealing what his Purpose was,
And what his Love should bring to pass.
2 Thus spake the sov'reign Lord,
Whilst on his Throne he sat,
"Hear ye my faithful Word;
"Behold I will create,
"And make all Things in Love anew:
"Write thou these Words, for they are true."
3 When God had thus declar'd
The secret of his Will,
The Man who was prepar'd
His Counsel to fulfil,
Emphatically spake to John,
And said, "Behold, the Work is done:
4 "For I the Alpha am,
"And the Omega too;
"You, in this sacred Name,
"The finish'd work may view:
"I, the Beginning and the End
"Of all the Joys which you attend."
5 The Father's great Decree
In him is now fulfill'd;
In Spirit there we see
All Things are reconcil'd,
And made comformable to God,
Wash'd from all Filth in Jesu's Blood.
6 New Heav'ns and Earth we spy,
With Hearts of God inspir'd,
Which ancient Prophecy
Foretold, and Saints desir'd:
That Jesus is this Grace, is true,
Where old Things cease, and all is new.
7 New Nature, pure, divine,
New Testament and Plan,
New Glories on us shine,
In Christ the heav'nly Man;
Our old Man he was crucify'd,
And lost from us when Jesus dy'd.
8 'Tis done, we're made anew,
And our Intelligence
Receives the Record true;
In Spirit we commence
That perfect Man, who did proclaim
The first and last to be his Name.
Scripture: Revelation 21:5-6 Languages: English
When favour'd John beheld
James Relly
1722 - 1778 Author of "When favored John beheld" in Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ.
He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Church of America. Relly along with his brother John wrote Christian Hymns, Poems and Spiritual Songs in 1758, which John Murray had republished in America in 1776.
Dianne Shapiro; from an article by Alexander Gordon in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48; Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; and Disoriented. Reoriented. blog (https://disorientedtheology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/all-shall-be-well-chapter-6-james-relly/)
James Relly
