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The unutterable Word thou art

Author: James Relly Appears in 3 hymnals

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Hymnal: Christian Hymns, Poems, and Spiritual Songs #I.VIII (1776) Lyrics: 1 Th' unutterable Word Thou art, O Christ, to Sons of Men; Jehovah spake Thee from his Heart, And Worlds existed then. 2 He spake Thee then a Law to all The glorious Hierarchy, And firm decreed their dreadful Fall, Who would not worship thee. 3 By thee he rules the Worlds above, And all the Worlds below; By thee he doth his Grace and Love, His Wrath and Justice, shew. 4 Thou, the exalted Throne of Grace, The Father's peaceful Seat, Where we with Joy behold his Face, And worship at his Feet. 5 In thee now sav'd, no more we fear The Curse of Adam's Fall; In thee with Boldness we draw near To God, the Judge of All. Scripture: Proverbs 8:23 Languages: English

The unutterable Word thou art

Author: James Relly Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #175 (1808)

Word of God

Author: James Relly Hymnal: Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs #CCXLIX (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: The unutterable Word thou art Lyrics: 1 Th' unutterable Word thou art, O Christ, to sons of men; Jehovah spake thee from his heart, And worlds existed then. 2 He spake thee then a law to all The glorious hierarchy, And firm decreed their dreadful fall, Who would not worship thee. 3 By thee, he rules the worlds above, And all the worlds below; By thee, he doth his grace and love, His wrath and justice, shew. 4 Thou, the exalted throne of grace, The Father's peaceful seat, Where we with joy behold And worship at his feet. 5 In thee now sav'd, no more we fear The curse of Adam's fall; In thee with boldness we draw near To God, the judge of all. Topics: Attributes, Characters, Names, and Offices of Christ, from the New Testament Scripture: John 1:1 Languages: English

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James Relly

1722 - 1778 Author of "The unutterable Word thou art" James Relly was born about 1722 at Jeffreston, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and died in 1778. He was converted to Christianity during the Great Awakening ushered in by George Whitefield. He worked under George Whitefield as a Calvinistic Methodist preacher and missionary. However, Whitefield and Relly separated ways over Relly's seemingly universalist teaching that all humanity was elect (i.e. saved) when Christ took the punishment for all sin when he died. He also departed from both the Calvinists and Methodists by taking the doctrine of Justification further, in teaching that believers no longer sin and the Law's sole purpose is to condemn humanity and point them to Christ. He was the mentor of John Murray, the founder of the Universalist Church of America. Relly along with his brother John wrote Christian Hymns, Poems and Spiritual Songs in 1758, which John Murray had republished in America in 1776. Dianne Shapiro; from an article by Alexander Gordon in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, vol. 48; Dictionary of Unitarian and Universalist Biography; and Disoriented. Reoriented. blog (https://disorientedtheology.wordpress.com/2013/08/29/all-shall-be-well-chapter-6-james-relly/)