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1 O LORD, our GOD, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
Let glories of thy heav'nly state
Let men and babes proclaim.
2 When I behold your works on high,
The moon that rules the night,
The shining stars that grace the sky,
Those moving worlds of light:
3 LORD, what is man, or all his race,
Who dwells so far below,
That thou shouldst visit him with grace,
And love my nature so.
4 That thine eternal Son should bear
To take a mortal form,
Made lower than the angels are,
To save a dying worm?
5 [Yet while he liv'd on earth unknown,
And men would not adore,
Th' obedient seas and fishes own,
His God-head and his pow'r.
6 The waves lay spread beneath his feet,
And fish at his command,
Bring their large shoals to Peter's net,
Bring tribute to his hand.
7 These lesser glories of the Son,
Shone thro' the fleshy cloud;
Now we behold him on his throne,
And men confess him GOD.]
8 Let him be crown'd with majesty,
Who bow'd his head to death,
And be his honors sounded high,
By all things that have breath.
9 JESUS, our LORD, how wondrous great
Is thine exalted name!
The glories of thy heav'nly state
Let the whole earth proclaim.
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First Line: | O LORD our GOD, how wondrous great |
Title: | CHRIST's Condescension and Glorification; or GOD made Man |
Meter: | Common Metre |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1780 |
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