By A Collection of Hymns

      C.M. Hymn to God the Son.
      1 HAIL, God the Son, in glory crowned,
      Ere time began to be;
      Throned with thy Sire, through half the round
      Of vast eternity!

      2 Let heaven and earth's stupendous frame
      Display their Author's power;
      And each exalted seraph-flame,
      Creator, thee adore.

      3 Thy wondrous love the Godhead showed
      Contracted to a span, -
      The co-eternal Son of God,
      The mortal Son of man.

      4 To save us from our lost estate,
      Behold his life-blood stream:
      Hail, Lord, almighty to create,
      Almighty to redeem!

      5 The Mediator's God-like sway
      His church below sustains:
      Till nature shall her Judge survey,
      The King Messiah reigns.

      6 Hail, with essential glory crowned,
      When time shall cease to be;
      Throned with thy Father, through the round
      Of whole eternity!