The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5357

5357. O Thou, Before the World Began

1. O Thou, before the world began,
Ordained a sacrifice for man,
And by th’eternal Spirit made
An Offering for the sinner’s stead;
Our everlasting Priest art Thou,
Pleading Thy death for sinners now.

2. Thy offering still continues new
Before the righteous Father’s view;
Thyself the Lamb for ever slain,
Thy priesthood doth unchanged remain;
Thy years, O God, can never fail,
Nor Thy blest work within the veil.

3. O that our faith may never move,
But stand unshaken as Thy love!
Sure evidence of things unseen,
Now let it pass the years between,
And view Thee bleeding on the tree,
My Lord, my God, who dies for me.

Text Information

• First Line: O Thou, before the world began
• Title: O Thou, Before the World Began
• Author: Charles Wesley (1745)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns on the Lord's Supper, 1745, alt. (originally, "O Thou Eternal Victim Slain")
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CAREY'S SURREY
• Composer: Henry Carey (ca. 1732)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Incipit: 54361 71432 33245
• Key: F Major
• Source: Harmony from The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906)
• Copyright: Public Domain