The names and titles of Christ. From several scriptures. <br /> <br />With cheerful voice I sing <br />The titles of my Lord, <br />And borrow all the names <br />Of honor from his word: <br />Nature and art can ne'er supply <br />Sufficient forms of majesty. <br /> <br />In Jesus we behold <br />His Father's glorious face, <br />Shining for ever bright, <br />With mild and lovely rays <br />Th' eternal God's eternal Son <br />Inherits and partakes the throne.] <br /> <br />The sovereign King of kings, <br />The Lord of lords most high, <br />Writes his own name upon <br />His garment and his thigh: <br />His name is called The Word of God; <br />He rules the earth with iron rod. <br /> <br />Where promises and grace <br />Can neither melt nor move, <br />The angry Lamb resents <br />The injuries of his love; <br />Awakes his wrath without delay, <br />As lions roar, and tear the prey. <br /> <br />But when for works of peace <br />The great Redeemer comes, <br />What gentle characters, <br />What titles he assumes! <br />Light of the world, and Life of men; <br />Nor will he bear those names in vain. <br /> <br />Immense compassion reigns <br />In our Immanuel's heart, <br />When he descends to act <br />A Mediator's part: <br />He is a Friend and Brother too; <br />Divinely kind, divinely true. <br /> <br />At length the Lord the Judge <br />His awful throne ascends, <br />And drives the rebels far <br />From favorites and friends: <br />Then shall the saints completely prove <br />The heights and depths of all his love.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-148/
