8688. No Man, Nor Angel, Can Compare

1 No man, nor angel, can compare
With our almighty Lord:
To speak like Him what seraph dare,
Or imitate His word?

2 Who can command the dead to rise,
With a prevailing power?
Who can pour light on sightless eyes?
The sick to health restore?

3 Whose word can fiends infernal tame;
Or furious winds control?
Unstop deaf ears; or cure the lame;
Or make the wounded whole?

4 One word from Jesus this performs,
And proves His power divine;
His breath can still the roughest storms,
Leviathan confine!

5 None else could expiate my guilt,
Nor save one soul from hell;
Not all the blood of mortals spilt
Since our first parents fell.

6 Jesus for me fulfilled the law,
And justice satisfied;
My guilt and misery He saw,
And for my ransom died.

7 Love such as His can ne’er be found,
His grace is rich indeed;
Such words as His there’s none can sound,
Nor do as Jesus did.

Text Information
First Line: No man, nor angel, can compare
Title: No Man, Nor Angel, Can Compare
Author: Susannah Harrison
Meter: CM
Language: English
Source: Songs in the Night (Ipswich, England: Punchard & Jermyn, 1780)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: WALSALL
Composer (attributed to): Henry Purcell, 1658-1695
Meter: CM
Key: g minor
Copyright: Public Domain



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