Thou art the everlasting Word,
The Father’s only Son;
God manifest, God seen and heard,
The heaven’s beloved One;
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
In Thee, most perfectly expressed,
The Father’s self does shine;
Fullness of Godhead, too: the Blest,
Eternally Divine;
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
Image of the Infinite Unseen,
Whose being none can know;
Brightness of light no eye has seen,
God’s love revealed below;
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
The higher mysteries of Thy fame
The creature’s grasp transcend;
The Father only Thy blest name
Of Son can comprehend;
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
Yet loving Thee, on whom His love
Ineffable does rest,
The worshippers, O Lord, above,
As one with Thee, are blest;
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
Of the vast universe of bliss,
The centre Thou, and Sun;
The eternal theme of praise is this,
To Heaven’s beloved One:
Worthy, O Lamb of God, art Thou
That every knee to Thee should bow!
J. Conder