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| 1 | In deep, eternal counsel, | Ephesians 1:4,11; Ephesians 3:11; Job 26:7; Romans 8:29 |
| Before the world was made, |
| Before its deep foundations |
| On nothingness were laid; |
| God purposed us for blessing, |
| And chose us in His Son, |
| To Him to be conformèd, |
| When here our course was run. |
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| 2 | In present, blest acceptance | Ephesians 1:6; Mark 10:45; Ephesians 1:20; Romans 5:2; Lamentations 3:22; Psalm 23:6 |
| In Him who came to die; |
| In Him who now is seated |
| At Thy right hand on high; |
| In grace, which is unchanging, |
| We stand from day to day, |
| And prove the boundless mercies |
| Which strew our pilgrim way. |
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| 3 | And when the day of glory | Colossians 3:4; 2 Timothy 3:1-5; Revelation 1:7; Luke 21:27; John 17:24; 1 Thessalonians 4:17 |
| Shall burst upon this scene, |
| Dispelling all the darkness |
| Which deep'ning still had been; |
| Oh, then He'll come in brightness, |
| Whom every eye shall see, |
| Arrayed in power and glory, |
| And we shall with Him be. |
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| 4 | For He who left His glory, | John 17:5; 1 Peter 2:24; John 14:3; Romans 8:29; 1 Corinthians 13:12 |
| To die upon the tree, |
| Will soon complete the story |
| And come again, and we |
| Conformèd to His image |
| As known, be brought to know, |
| And with increasing fervor, |
| Our ceaseless praises flow. |
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