8,7,8,7,D.
GOD and Father, we adore Thee
For the Christ, Thine image bright,
In Whom all Thy holy nature
Dawned on our once hopeless night.
Thou didst send Him as the witness
Of a life beyond compare;
By Thy Spirit we received Him,
Now in Christ how blest we are!
Fellowship with Thee, the Father,
And with Jesus Christ Thy Son
Such Thine own unjealous giving
By the Holy Ghost made known.
For in Christ was life eternal
Once beheld and heard below;
And in Him dwelt all the fullness,
Though in grace He stooped so low.
Father, Jesus was Thy pleasure,
Object of supreme delight;
Father, what wast Thou to Jesus
But His constant spring and light?
Now in Him, our God and Father,
Sharers of Thy love are we;
Now partaking with our Savior
His unceasing rest in Thee.
Grace divine is this, transcending
All that else the heart employs:
‘Tis the Son and Father deigning
Us to give of Their own joys.