A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) ‎#10

10. The Everlasting Love of God

1 ’Twas with an everlasting love
That God his own elect embraced;
Before he made the worlds above,
Or earth on her huge columns placed.

2 Long ere the sun’s refulgent ray
Primeval shades of darkness drove,
They on his sacred bosom lay,
Loved with an everlasting love.

3 Then in the glass of his decrees,
Christ and his bride appeared as one;
Her sin, by imputation, his,
Whilst she in spotless splendour shone.

4 O love, how high thy glories swell!
How great, immutable, and free!
Ten thousand sins, as black as hell,
Are swallowed up, O love, in thee!

5 [Loved, when a wretch defiled with sin,
At war with heaven, in league with hell,
A slave to every lust obscene;
Who, living, lived but to rebel.]

6 Believer, here thy comfort stands –
From first to last salvation’s free,
And everlasting love demands
An everlasting song from thee.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Twas with an everlasting love
• Title: The Everlasting Love of God
• Author: Kent
• Meter: L.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1844
• Topic: The Perfections of God

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