Hymnal: The Book of Worship #137 (1867) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Hymnal Title: The Book of Worship Lyrics: 1 What is the thing of greatest price
The whole creation round?
That which was lost in Paradise,
That which in Christ is found.
2 The soul of man--Jehovah's breath,
That keeps two worlds at strife;
Hell moves beneath to work its death;
Heaven stoops to give it life.
3 God, to reclaim it, did not spare
His well-beloved Son;
Jesus, to save it, deigned to bear
The sins of all in one.
4 And is this treasure borne below,
In earthly vessels frail?
Can none its utmost value know,
Till flesh and spirit fail?
5 Then let us gather round the cross,
This knowledge to obtain;
Not by the soul's eternal loss,
But everlasting gain. Topics: Atonement Fullness Languages: English
What is the thing of greatest price