1 God and Father, we adore You
for the Son, Your image bright,
in whom all Your holy nature
dawned on our once hopeless night.
2 Far from You our footsteps wandered
on dark paths of sin and shame
but our midnight turned to morning,
when the Lord of glory came.
3 Word incarnate, God revealing,
longed-for while dim ages ran,
Love Divine, we bow before You,
Son of God and Son of Man.
4 Let our life be new-created
ever-living Lord, in You,
till we wake with Your pure likeness,
when Your face in heaven we view;
5 Where the saints of all the ages,
where the martyrs, glorified,
clouds and darkness far beneath them,
in unending day abide.
6 God and Father, now we bless You
for the Son, Your image bright,
in whom all Your holy nature
dawns on our adoring sight.
Source: The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook #293
Darby, John Nelson, M.A., youngest son of John Darby of Leap, King's Co., Ireland, was born at Westminster, Nov. 18, 1800; educated at Trinity College, Dublin, where he graduated in 1819; and in due course was called to the Bar. He subsequently took Holy Orders; but in a short time allied himself with the Plymouth Brethren. In the exercise of his ministry amongst them he visited most parts of the world, and translated the Bible into English, French, and German. His published works, including a Synopsis of the Books of the Bible; Notes on Revelations, &c, are numerous. He died at Bournemouth, April 29, 1882.
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