John 1:14: The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among, &c

What angel can the grace explain!
The very God is very man.
By love paternal given!
Begins the uncreated Word,
Born is the everlasting Lord,
Who made both earth and heaven!

Behold Him high above all height,
Him, God of God, and Light of Light,
In a mean earthy shrine;
Jehovah's Glory dwelt with men,
The Person in our flesh is seen.
The Character Divine!

Not with these eyes of flesh and blood;
Yet lo, we still behold the God
Replete with truth and grace:
The truth of holiness we see,
The truth of full felicity
In our Redeemer's face.

Transform'd by the ecstatic sight,
Our souls o'erflow with pure deHght,
And every moment own
The Lord our whole perfection is,
The Lord is our immortal bliss.
And Christ and heaven are one.