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Christ is the everlasting Word
The Father’s only Son
God manifestly seen and heard
And heaven’s belovèd One
He took the likeness of a slave
That he might better serve and save
2
In Christ most perfectly expressed
The Father’s glories shine
Of the full Deity possessed
Eternally Divine
God placed a crown upon his brow
That every knee to him should bow
3
True Image of the Infinite
Whose essence is concealed
Brightness of uncreated light
The heart of God revealed
He took the likeness of a slave
That he might better serve and save
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But the high mysteries of his Name
An angel’s grasp transcend
The Father only (glorious claim!)
The Son can comprehend
God placed a crown upon his brow
That every knee to him should bow
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Throughout the universe of bliss
The center and our sun
The eternal theme of praise is this:
God’s own belovèd One
He took the likeness of a slave
That he might better serve and save
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Josiah Conder, 1836; Littlerood, 2017
Christ the everlasting Word
and Image of the invisible God
Lutterworth Society 