CPWI Hymnal ‎#74

74. Let earth and heaven combine

1 Let earth and heaven combine,
angels and men agree,
to praise in songs divine
the incarnate Deity,
our God contracted to a span,
incomprehensibly made man.

2 He laid his glory by,
he wrapped him in our clay;
unmarked by human eye,
the latent Godhead lay;
infant of days he here became,
and bore the mild Immanuel’s name.

3 Unsearchable the love
that hath the Saviour brought;
the grace is far above
or men or angel's thought:
suffice for us that God, we know,
our God, is manifest below.

4 He deigns in flesh to ’appear,
widest extremes to join;
to bring our vileness near,
and make us all divine:
and we the life of God shall know,
for God is manifest below.

5 Made perfect first in love,
and sanctified by grace,
we shall from earth remove,
and see his glorious face:
then shall his love be fully showed,
and man shall then be lost in God.

Text Information

• First Line: Let earth and heaven combine
• Author: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2010
• Topic: Hymns for the Church Year: Christmas

Tune Information

• Name: CHRISTCHURCH
• Composer: Charles Steggall, 1826-1905
• Meter: 6.6.6.6.8.8
• Key: C Major