CCCXXIII. The Immutability of CHRIST

WIth Transport, Lord, our Souls proclaim
Th' immortal Honours of thy Name:
Assembled round our Saviour's Throne
We make his ceaseless Glories known.

High on his Father's royal Seat
Our Jesus shone divinely great,
E'er Adam's Clay with Life was warm'd,
Or Gabriel's nobler Spirit form'd.

Thro' all succeeding Ages He
The same hath been, the same shall be:
Immortal Radiance gilds his Head,
While Stars and Suns wax old and fade.

The same his Pow'r his Flock to guard;
The same his Bounty to reward;
The same his Faithfulness and Love
To Saints on Earth, and Saints above.

Let Nature change and sink and die;
Jesus shall raise his Chosen high,
And fix them near his stable Throne
In Glory changeless as his own.