 
	
	
	
			
	
		Author: Kent Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) #10 (1844) Meter: 8.8.8.8 First Line: 'Twas with an everlasting love Lyrics:    1    ’Twas with an everlasting love
        That God his own elect embraced;
        Before he made the worlds above,
        Or earth on her huge columns placed.
    2    Long ere the sun’s refulgent ray
        Primeval shades of darkness drove,
        They on his sacred bosom lay,
        Loved with an everlasting love.
    3    Then in the glass of his decrees,
        Christ and his bride appeared as one;
        Her sin, by imputation, his,
        Whilst she in spotless splendour shone.
    4    O love, how high thy glories swell!
        How great, immutable, and free!
        Ten thousand sins, as black as hell,
        Are swallowed up, O love, in thee!
    5    [Loved, when a wretch defiled with sin,
        At war with heaven, in league with hell,
        A slave to every lust obscene;
        Who, living, lived but to rebel.]
    6    Believer, here thy comfort stands –
        From first to last salvation’s free,
        And everlasting love demands
        An everlasting song from thee. Topics: The Perfections of God Languages: English 
			
	The Everlasting Love of God