Text: | Before the heavens were spread abroad |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | HARMONY GROVE |
Composer: | Henry K. Oliver |
1 Before the heavens were spread abroad,
From everlasting was the Word;
With God he was, the Word was God!
And must divinely be adored.
2 Ere sin was born, or Satan fell,
He led the host of morning stars;
His generation who can tell,
Or count the number of his years?
3 But lo! he leaves those heavenly forms;
The Word descends and dwells in clay,
That he may converse hold with worms,
Dressed in such feeble flesh as they.
4 The angels leave their high abode,
To learn new mysteries here, and tell
The love of our descending God,
The glories of Immanuel.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Before the heavens were spread abroad |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | Christ: First Advent |
Notes: | Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | HARMONY GROVE |
Composer: | Henry K. Oliver |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | A Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. Alternate tunes: #168, 64, or 136. |