The deity and humanity of Christ. <br /> <br />John 1:1,3,14; Col. 1:16. <br /> <br />Ere the blue heav'ns were stretched abroad, <br />From everlasting was the Word: <br />With God he was; the Word was God, <br />And must divinely be adored. <br /> <br />By his own power were all things made; <br />By him supported all things stand; <br />He is the whole creation's head, <br />And angels fly at his command. <br /> <br />Ere sin was born, or Satan fell, <br />He led the host of morning stars: <br />Thy generation who can tell, <br />Or count the numbers of thy years? <br /> <br />But lo! he leaves those heav'nly forms, <br />The Word descends and dwells in clay, <br />That he may hold converse with worms, <br />Dressed in such feeble flesh as they. <br /> <br />Mortals with joy beheld his face, <br />Th' eternal Father's only Son; <br />How full of truth! how full of grace! <br />When through his eyes the Godhead shone. <br /> <br />Archangels leave their high abode <br />To learn new mysteries here, and tell <br />The loves of our descending God, <br />The glories of Immanuel.<br /><br />Isaac Watts<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hymn-2-2/
