The Cyber Hymnal ‎#1924

1924. God the Father's Only Son

1. God the Father’s only Son,
And with Him in glory One,
One in wisdom, One in might,
Absolute and infinite;
Jesu, I believe in thee,
Thou art Lord and God to me.

2. Preacher of eternal peace,
Christ anointed to release,
Setting wide the dungeon door,
Unto sinners chained before;
Jesu, I believe in Thee,
Christ the Prophet sent to me.

3. Low in deep Gethsemane,
High on dreadful Calvary,
In the garden, on the cross,
Making good our utter loss;
Jesu, I believe in Thee,
Priest and Sacrifice for me.

4. Ruler of Thy ransomed race,
And Protector by Thy grace,
Leader in the way we wend,
And Rewarder at the end;
Jesu, I believe in Thee,
Christ, the King of kings to me.

5. Light revealed through clouds of pain,
That the blind might see again;
Love content in death to lie,
That the dead might never die:
Jesu, I believe in Thee,
Light and Love and Life to me.

6. All that I am fain to know
While I watch and wait below:
All that I would find above,
Length and depth and height of love:
Jesu, I believe in Thee,
Thou art All in All to me.

Text Information

• First Line: God the Father's only Son
• Title: God the Father's Only Son
• Author: Samuel J. Stone (1866)
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Language: English
• Source: Lyra Fidelium; Twelve Hymns of the Twelve Articles of the Apostle's Creed (London: Messrs. Parker and Company, 1866)
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: PARACLETE, in The Primitive Methodist Hymnal, edited by George Booth (London: Primitive Methodist Publishing House, 1889), number 160

Tune Information

• Name: NUTBOURNE
• Composer: Theodore Edward Aylward (1869)
• Meter: 77.77.77
• Incipit: 55112 34325 12324
• Key: A Major
• Source: Sarum Hymnal, 1869
• Copyright: Public Domain